The electric field intensity of an electromagnetic wave is ....... to the distance it has traveled.

  • A
    proportional to the square
  • B
    proportional to the square root
  • C
    directly proportional
  • D
    inversely proportional

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The unit of $\sqrt{\frac{2 I}{\varepsilon_0 c}}$ is
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