NEET 2011 Physics question

The electric and the magnetic field associated with an e.m. wave, propagating along the +z-axis, can be represented by :

Answer: (1)

Solution

An electromagnetic wave is transverse and its direction of propagation is along . For (1): , i.e. along +z - correct. In (2) E is along the direction

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