Given below are two statements:
Statement I: A time varying electric field is a source of changing magnetic field and vice-versa. Thus a disturbance in electric or magnetic field creates EM waves.
Statement II: In a material medium, the EM wave travels with speed
\(V=\frac{1}{\sqrt{µ0ε0}}\) In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
Statement I: A time varying electric field is a source of changing magnetic field and vice-versa. Thus a disturbance in electric or magnetic field creates EM waves.
Statement II: In a material medium, the EM wave travels with speed
\(V=\frac{1}{\sqrt{µ0ε0}}\) In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.
- Both statement I and statement II are true
- Both statement I and statement II are false
- Statement I is correct but statement II is false
- Statement I is incorrect but statement II is true
The Correct Option is C
Solution and Explanation
In a material medium speed of light is given by:
\(v=\frac{1}{\sqrt{ε_0ε_rµ_0µ_r}}\)
So statement II is false.
Therefore, the correct option is (C): Statement I is correct but statement II is false
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Concepts Used:
Electric Field
Electric Field is the electric force experienced by a unit charge.
The electric force is calculated using the coulomb's law, whose formula is:
\(F=k\dfrac{|q_{1}q_{2}|}{r^{2}}\)
While substituting q2 as 1, electric field becomes:
\(E=k\dfrac{|q_{1}|}{r^{2}}\)
SI unit of Electric Field is V/m (Volt per meter).