MCQ
Electromagnetic waves travel only through.
- Amaterial medium
- Bvacuum
- Coscillating electric and magnetic fields
- Doscillating electric and magnetic fields whose directions are perpendicular to each other
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Answer
- oscillating electric and magnetic fields whose directions are perpendicular to each other
Explanation:
Electromagnetic waves travel through oscillating electric and magnetic fields whose directions are perpendicular to each other.
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