Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 28 - Physical Optics: Interference and Diffraction - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1004: 9

Answer

$0.68KHz; 2.0KHz$

Work Step by Step

We can find the required frequencies as follows: $\Delta d=\frac{\lambda_1}{2}$ $\implies 0.25m=\frac{\lambda_1}{2}$ $\lambda_1=0.50m$ Now $f_1=\frac{v}{\lambda_1}$ $\implies f_1=\frac{343m/s}{0.502m}=6.8\times 10^2Hz=0.68KHz$ Similarly $\lambda_2=\frac{2}{3}(0.25m)=0.167m$ and $f_2=\frac{v}{\lambda_2}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $f_2=\frac{343m/s}{0.167m}$ $f_2=2.0\times 10^3Hz=2KHz$
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