How to Calculate Energy in EM Waves?

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Homework Statement


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I didnt understand much the question. Should I use, ##υ=εE^2## ? Then I ll take rms value of that E.But I am not sure that is that the max value.Is it max value ? I didnt understand part (B)
 
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kuruman said:
You should make an honest effort to show an attempt at a solution. What part of the problem don't you understand? If it's energy density, look here
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/engfie.html
we didnt see this subject yet..So I am trying to solve the question using just book , and I didnt quite understand.We have energy density and we need to find rms value of E.I wrote like ##u=εE^2## cause it also contains the energy of B-field.So this value is actually used for a instant time.But I think I can take is as a max value of E then ##E_{rms}=E_{max}/(\sqrt 2)##

I didnt understand part b cause I didnt understand what the question wants from us.