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The electric and the magnetic field associated with an em wave propagating along the +z-axis can be represented by

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`[vecE=E_0hati, vecB=B_0hatj]`

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`[vecE=E_0hatk, vecB=B_0hati]`

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`[vecE=E_0 hatj, vecB=B_0hati]`

D

`[vecE=E_0 hatj, vecB=B_0hatk]`

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