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Chapter 25, Problem 38P

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Problem 38P

A television is tuned to a station broadcasting at a frequency of 6.60 × 107 Hz. For best reception, the rabbit-ear antenna used by the TV should be adjusted to have a tip-to-tip length equal to half a wavelength of the broadcast signal. Find the optimum length of the antenna.

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QUESTION:

Problem 38P

A television is tuned to a station broadcasting at a frequency of 6.60 × 107 Hz. For best reception, the rabbit-ear antenna used by the TV should be adjusted to have a tip-to-tip length equal to half a wavelength of the broadcast signal. Find the optimum length of the antenna.

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The length of the antenna equal to half a wavelength of the broadcast signal, so we can write the equation for the length of the antenna as,

Wavelength is given by,

Substitute this value in equation one.

 

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