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JEE Main 2020Electromagnetic Waves Question with Solution

From: JEE Main 2020 (Online) 9th January Morning Slot

Question

The electric fields of two plane electromagnetic plane waves in vacuum are given by
and

At t = 0, a particle of charge q is at origin with
a velocity (c is the speed of light in vacuum). The instantaneous force experienced by the particle is :

Choose an option

Show full solutionCorrect option: C
Correct answer
C

Step-by-step explanation



Its corresponding magnetic field will be





Also its corresponding magnetic field will be



Net force on charge particle

=

= + + +

=

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