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Question
Write the two characteristics of electromagnetic waves.
Solution
The two characteristics of electromagnetic waves are:
- The nature of electromagnetic waves is transverse.
- Magnetic and electric forces that oscillate perpendicular to one another makeup electromagnetic waves.
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