Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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Ch. 29.2 - Would you expect to find a magnetic field between...Ch. 29.5 - Prob. 29.3GICh. 29.6 - Prob. 29.4GICh. 29.7 - Prob. 29.5GICh. 29.8 - Lasers 1 and 2 emit light of the same color, and...Ch. 29 - Why is Maxwells modification of Ampres law...Ch. 29 - Prob. 2FTDCh. 29 - Is there displacement current in an...Ch. 29 - Prob. 4FTDCh. 29 - Prob. 5FTD
Ch. 29 - When astronomers observe a supernova explosion in...Ch. 29 - Turning a TV antenna so its rods point vertically...Ch. 29 - The Sun emits about half of its...Ch. 29 - An LC circuit is made entirely from...Ch. 29 - Prob. 10FTDCh. 29 - The intensity of light drops as the inverse square...Ch. 29 - Electromagnetic waves dont readily penetrate...Ch. 29 - Prob. 13ECh. 29 - Prob. 14ECh. 29 - The fields of an electromagnetic wave are E = Ep...Ch. 29 - A radio waves electric field is given by the...Ch. 29 - A light-minute is the distance light travels in 1...Ch. 29 - Your intercontinental telephone call is carried by...Ch. 29 - An airplanes radar altimeter works by bouncing...Ch. 29 - Roughly how long does it take light to travel 1...Ch. 29 - If you speak via radio from Earth to an astronaut...Ch. 29 - What are the wavelengths of (a) a 100-MHz FM radio...Ch. 29 - A 60-Hz power line emits electromagnetic...Ch. 29 - Microwave ovens for consumers use operate at 2.45...Ch. 29 - Prob. 25ECh. 29 - Prob. 26ECh. 29 - Vertically polarized light passes through a...Ch. 29 - Prob. 28ECh. 29 - Prob. 29ECh. 29 - Estimate the peak electric field inside a 1.1-kW...Ch. 29 - Prob. 31ECh. 29 - Prob. 32ECh. 29 - Your university radio station has a 5.0-kW radio...Ch. 29 - Prob. 34PCh. 29 - Youre engineering a new cell phone, and youd like...Ch. 29 - Prob. 36PCh. 29 - The medical profession divides the ultraviolet...Ch. 29 - Prob. 38PCh. 29 - Prob. 39PCh. 29 - A polarizer blocks 75% of a polarized light beam....Ch. 29 - Prob. 41PCh. 29 - Unpolarized light of intensity S0 passes first...Ch. 29 - Prob. 43PCh. 29 - Prob. 44PCh. 29 - High microwave intensities can cause biological...Ch. 29 - Use the fact that sunlight intensity at Earths...Ch. 29 - A quasar 10 billion light-years from Earth appears...Ch. 29 - Prob. 48PCh. 29 - Prob. 49PCh. 29 - Find the peak electric and magnetic fields 1.5 m...Ch. 29 - A typical fluorescent lamp is a little more than 1...Ch. 29 - Prob. 52PCh. 29 - A laser produces an average power of 7.0 W in a...Ch. 29 - Prob. 54PCh. 29 - A 65-kg astronaut is floating in empty space. If...Ch. 29 - Prob. 56PCh. 29 - A white dwarf star is approximately the size of...Ch. 29 - Use appropriate data from Appendix E to calculate...Ch. 29 - Prob. 59PCh. 29 - Prob. 60PCh. 29 - In a stack of polarizing sheets, each sheet has...Ch. 29 - Prob. 62PCh. 29 - Prob. 63PCh. 29 - Maxwells equations in a dielectric resemble those...Ch. 29 - Prob. 65PCh. 29 - Your roommates father is CEO of a coal company, so...Ch. 29 - The Voyager I spacecraft is now beyond the outer...Ch. 29 - Prob. 68PCh. 29 - Prob. 69PCh. 29 - The table below shows the intensity of the radio...Ch. 29 - If a sunlight-powered sailing spacecraft...Ch. 29 - Prob. 72PPCh. 29 - A sail capable of propelling a spacecraft to the...Ch. 29 - Prob. 74PP
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