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Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
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Electromagnetic Waves
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22-1: B Produced by Changing E
22-2: EM Waves
22-3: Electromagnetic Spectrum
22-4: Measuring the Speed of Light
22-5: Energy in EM Wave
22-6: Radiation Pressure
22-7: Radio, TV

Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 16
Q

How long would it take a message sent as radio waves from Earth to reach Mars when Mars is

  1. nearest Earth,
  2. farthest from Earth? Assume that Mars and Earth are in the same plane and that their orbits around the Sun are circles (Mars is 230×106 km\approx 230 \times 10^6 \textrm{ km} from the Sun).
A
  1. 300 s300 \textrm{ s}
  2. 1300 s1300 \textrm{ s}
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