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Share of energy between the electric and magnetic fields of an EM wave

This type of question, asked 3 times: 2021 Paper 5, 1 Feb 2023, 6 Apr 2023. All 4 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    2021 Paper 5

    16
    For an electromagnetic wave travelling in free space, the relation between average energy densities due to electric (Ue)\left( U_{e} \right) and magnetic (Um)\left( U_{m} \right) fields is :

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  2. Question 2

    1 Feb 2023

    95
    The ratio of average electric energy density and total average energy density of electromagnetic wave is:

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  3. Question 3

    6 Apr 2023

    104
    The energy density associated with electric field E→\overrightarrow{E} and magnetic field B→\overrightarrow{B} of an electromagnetic wave in free space is given by ( ϵ0−\epsilon_{0}- permittivity of free space, μ0\mu_{0} - permeability of free space)

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  4. Question 4

    6 Apr 2023

    1
    For the plane electromagnetic wave given by E=E0sin⁡(ωt−kx)E =E_{0}\sin(\omega t - kx) and B=B0sin⁡(ωt−kx)B =B_{0}\sin(\omega t - kx), the ratio of average electric energy density to average magnetic energy density is

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