JEE Previous Year Question

The electric field of a plane electromagnetic wave, travelling in an unknown nonmagnetic medium is given by, (where and other values have S.I. units). The dielectric constant of the medium is (speed of light in free space is )

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Answer: 4. Full step-by-step solution below.

Correct answer: 4

Solution

(4)
From the wave equation :
Wave number:
Angular frequency:
Speed of wave in medium:
Speed of light in vacuum:
Refractive index:
For a nonmagnetic medium:
Dielectric constant:

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