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In any electromagnetic wave,

A) both the energy and the wave travel in the same direction.
B) only the oscillating electric field component carries energy with it.
C) half the energy is carried by the electric field and half is carried by the magnetic field.
D) there is a third component, other than the electric and magnetic fields, that carries energy.

User Wael Awada
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In any electromagnetic wave, both the energy and the wave
travel in the same direction. That's what 'A' says.
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A is the best choice!!!!!!!
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