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Chapter 35 Problem 32

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In the double-slit experiment of Fig. 35-10, the electric fields of the waves arriving at point P are given by El = (2.00 ItV/m) sin[(1.26 X 1Q15)t] E2 = (2.00 ItV/m) sin[(1.26 X 1Q15)t + 39.6 rad], where time t is in seconds. (a) What is the amplitude of the resultant electric field at point P? (b) What is the ratio of the intensity Ip at point P to the intensity Icen at the center of the interference pattern? (c) Describe where point P is in the interference pattern by giving the maximum or minimum on which it lies, or the maximum and minimum between which it lies. In a phasor diagram of the electric fields, (d) at what rate would the phasors rotate around the origin and (e) what is the angle between the phasors?

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Title Fundamentals of Physics: 9 
Author David Halliday; Robert Resnick; Jearl Walker
ISBN 9780470556535

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