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Chapter 35 Problem 89

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In Fig. 35-52, a microwave transmitter at height a above the water level of a wide lake transmits microwaves of wavelength A toward a receiver on the opposite shore, a distance x above the water level. The microwaves reflecting from the water interfere with the microwaves arriving directly from the transmitter. Assuming that the lake width D is much greater than a and x, and that A 2: a, find an expression that gives the values of x for which the signal at the receiver is maximum. (Hint: Does the reflection cause a phase change?) Tl fl Ik----' --D-----+l.\ Fig. 35-52 89.

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

In Fig. 35-52, a microwave transmitter at height a above

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