In old western movies, cowboys often would put their ear to a train track to listen for an oncoming train. What benefit would this method provide over listening for a train by listening for sound through the air?

An electromagnetic wave with frequency 65.0 hz travels in aninsulating magnetic material that has dielectric constant 3.64 andrelative permeability 5.18 at this frequency. the electric fieldhas amplitude 7.20 \times 10^{ - 3} {\rm v}/{\rm m}. a. what is the speed of propagation of the wave? b. what is the wavelength of the wave? c. what is the amplitude of the magnetic field? d. what is the intensity of the wave?