Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 17 - Waves-II - Problems - Page 512: 88a

Answer

$$2.00$$

Work Step by Step

When $\phi=0$ it is obvoius that superposition wave has amplitude $2 \Delta p_{m}$ . For other cases, it is useful to write $$ \Delta p_{1}+\Delta p_{2}=\Delta p_{m}(\sin (\omega t)+\sin (\omega t-\phi))=\left(2 \Delta p_{m} \cos \frac{\phi}{2}\right) \sin \left(\omega t-\frac{\phi}{2}\right) $$ The factor in front of sine function gives amplitude $\Delta p_{r}$ . Therefore, $$\Delta p_{r} / \Delta p_{m}=2 \cos (\phi / 2) .$$ When $\phi=0,$ $$ \Delta p_{r} / \Delta p_{m}=2 \cos (0)=2.00$$
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