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Electromagnetic waves are produced by
Solution:
Electromagnetic waves are produced by accelerated charges.
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A static charge produces only an electric field.
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A charge in uniform motion (constant velocity) produces both an electric field and a magnetic field, but these fields are constant in time (or vary in a way that doesn't propagate as a wave).
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An oscillating charge is an accelerating charge. An accelerating charge produces time-varying electric and magnetic fields that are mutually perpendicular and self-sustaining, propagating as electromagnetic waves.
Therefore, electromagnetic waves are produced by an oscillating charge.