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A plane electromagnetic wave travels in vacuum along z-direction. What can you say about the direction of electric and magnetic field vectors ?

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If a plane electromagnetic wave travels in vacuum along z-direction, then direction of electric field vector is along x-direction and that of magnetic field along y-direction or vice versa.
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