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Speed of EM Waves in a Medium question from JEE Main 2019 (11 Jan, Shift 1)

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Speed of EM Waves in a Medium

An electromagnetic wave of intensity 50 Wm–2 enters in a medium of refractive index 'n' without any loss. The ratio of the magnitudes of electric, and the ratio of the magnitudes of magnetic fields of the wave before and after entering into the medium are respectively, given by:

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Answer: (c)

  1. No loss, so intensity is the same: I=12εvE02I = \tfrac{1}{2}\varepsilon v E_0^2.
  2. Non-magnetic medium: ε=n2ε0\varepsilon = n^2\varepsilon_0, v=c/nv = c/n, so I=12nε0cE02⇒E0∝1/nI = \tfrac{1}{2} n \varepsilon_0 c E_0^2 \Rightarrow E_0 \propto 1/\sqrt{n}. Hence E1/E2=nE_1/E_2 = \sqrt{n}.
  3. B0=E0/v=nE0/c∝n/n=nB_0 = E_0/v = nE_0/c \propto n/\sqrt{n} = \sqrt{n}. Hence B1/B2=1/nB_1/B_2 = 1/\sqrt{n}.
  4. So the answer is (c) (n,1n)\left(\sqrt{n}, \frac{1}{\sqrt{n}}\right).
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