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Sunlight just outside Earth's atmosphere has an intensity of 1.40k `W//m^(2).` Calculate (a) `E_(m) (b) B_(m), (c ) E_("rms")` and (d) `B_("rms")` for sunlight there asuming it to be a plane wave .

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(a) `1.03 kV/m, (b) 3.43 muT` (c ) 726 V/m, (d) 2.42 `mu` T
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