FM radio station KRTH in Los Angeles broadcasts on an assigned frequency of 101 MHz with a power of 50,000 W.(a) What is the wavelength of the radio waves produced by this station?(b) Estimate the average intensity of the wave at a distance of 36.1 km from the radio transmitting antenna. Assume for the purpose of this estimate that the antenna radiates equally in alldirections, so that the intensity is constant over a hemisphere centered on the antenna.(c) Estimate the amplitude of the electric field at this distance.

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