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For a plane electromagnetic wave, propagating along the z-axis, write the two possible pair of its oscillating electric and magnetic fields. How are the peak values of these (oscillating) fields related to each other?

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`vecE=E_yhatj=E _@ sin (kx- Omega t) hatj`
` vecB=B_(x)hat i =B_@sin (kx-Omegat)hati`
` c=E _@//B_@`
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