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Electromagnetic waves are produced by

Electromagnetic Waves
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1

Static charge

2

Charge in uniform motion

3

An oscillating charge

4

Both (2) and (3)

Solution:

Electromagnetic waves are produced by accelerated charges.

  1. A static charge produces only an electric field.

  2. 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).

  3. 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.