Orientation Q: Plane Wave Propagation in Air

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Homework Statement



A 150MHz sinusoidal plane wave propagates in air at 30 degrees with respect to the +x-axis in the x-y plane. The E-Field is polarized parallel to the plane of incidence and has a magnitude of 2 V/m.

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My only question is about the orientation. I can't figure out how to draw the picture! Click on the image below to see what I have now. Is one of these orientations correct?

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/4291/questionspicex7.th.jpg Thanks!
 
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there isn't anything given in the question to indicate that.

but because of the normal way we choose to represent the angles (CCW starting from the +x axis) I would choose to fo 30 degrees N of E