Suppose you are listening to the WKAR FM radio station on a car radio. The carri

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Suppose you are listening to the WKAR FM radio station on a car radio. The carrier frequency of the transmission is 90.5 MHz. Assume the RMS electric field of the wave at your location is 10-3 V/m.
In the calculations,
(A) Calculate the mean Poynting vector at your location.
(B) Calculate the mean energy flux, in W/m2.
(C) Calculate the amplitude of oscillation of the magnetic field.
(D) Calculate the amplitude of oscillation of the electric field.
(E) Calculate the wavelength of the carrier wave.
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Explanation / Answer

Given that the carrier frequency f = 90.5 M Hz    Rms electric field of the wave is E_rms = 10^-3 V /m a ) Mean poynting vector is S =( 1/ _0 ) (EB )            Electric field magnitude is E_m = E_rms * 2                                                              = 10^-3 V /m * 2                                                             = 0.014 V /m magnetic field is B_m = E_m / c                                        = 0.014 V /m / 3.0*10^8 m/s                                       = 4.71*10^-11 T      S = 1/ 4*10^-7 * 0.014 V /m * 4.71*10^-11 T           = 5.25*10^-7 W / m^2 b ) S_mean energy is S_mean = B_m * E_m / 2                                                  = 4.71*10^-11 T   * 0.014 V /m /2                                                 = 0.03*10^-11 W / m^2 c ) Amplitude of oscillation of magnetic field is                  Electric field magnitude is E_m = E_rms * 2                                                              = 10^-3 V /m * 2                                                             = 0.014 V /m magnetic field is B_m = E_m / c                                        = 0.014 V /m / 3.0*10^8 m/s                                       = 4.71*10^-11 T                                                              = 10^-3 V /m * 2                                                             = 0.014 V /m magnetic field is B_m = E_m / c                                        = 0.014 V /m / 3.0*10^8 m/s                                       = 4.71*10^-11 T d ) Amplitude of oscillation of electric field is                           E_m = E_rms * 2                                                              = 10^-3 V /m * 2                                                             = 0.014 V /m                                                              = 10^-3 V /m * 2                                                             = 0.014 V /m e ) wavelength of the carrier wave is = c / f                                                            = 3.00*10^8 m/s / 90.5 *10^6 Hz                                                           = 3.31m

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