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Chapter 14

[1]

So t = sin10.656 = 41.0

[1]

2.010

1 a
Displacement

Second maximum when n = 2:

9
265610 =0.656
sinq = 2
6
d =

Distance

The dashed line represents the resultant

wave.[2]
(Your diagram should show a good attempt
to sum the two waves.)
b Wavelength is the same as that of the longer
wave.[1]
2 a
More rounded
b Even flatter

4 Damita is correct; the sound from the

speakers will have many different frequencies
and cannot be coherent.
[2]
5 Using ax = d[1]
1.51.2
wavelength = ax
d = 8.0 = 0.225m 0.23m
[1]
6 When the waves are in phase, they add up to
give loud sound.
[1]
They gradually go out of phase, and when
they are in antiphase the sound is at its
quietest.[1]
The waves gradually come back into phase
and become loud again.
[1]
1 = 2.0104cm
7 Separation of slits d = 5000
=2.0106m
First maximum when n = 1:
9
sinq = d = 656106 = 0.328

So t = sin10.328 = 19.1

9
59010 1.812 
a = D
=
3
x

[1]
[1]
[1]

[1]

16.810

a = 6.3104m
[1]
c i More fringes seen on screen or fringe
brightness decreases less from middle to
edge of screen
[1]
less bright
[1]
ii Fringes wider / farther apart
[1]
same brightness
[1]

[1]
[1]

3 Radio waves have a long enough wavelength,

up to 1km, that they can diffract round the
hills.[1]
TV waves have very short wavelength
(centimetres or millimetres), so cannot
diffract round the hills.
[1]

2.010

8 a
Superposition is the algebraic summing of
the displacements
[1]
of two (or more) waves.
[1]
ax
b = D leading to

9 a
Coherent: constant phase difference
[1]
Monochromatic: very small or no range of
wavelengths / frequencies
[1]
b i First order produced by waves with path
difference of one wavelength
[1]
Second order produced by waves with path
difference of two wavelengths
[1]
ii Any two from:
lines at end A are further apart or lines at
end B are closer together
[1]
lines at end A are thinner or lines at end B
are wider
[1]
lines at end A are brighter or lines at end B
are dimmer
[1]
iii n = dsinq
[1]
sin19.5
n = 1, leading to =
[1]
2 
500010

= 6.68107 6.7107m
[1]
n
iv sinq = D leading to
sinq=26.681075000102[1]
q = 41.8 42
[1]
10

a The superposition of two waves 180 out of
phase[1]
to give (nearly) zero resultant.
[1]
2
1.21.510
ax
D
b = D leading to x = a =

[1]
2
12.510

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Number of fringes in 45cm distance

2
= 3.125
= 4510
x
three maxima
8
c c = f leading to f = 310 2 
1.510
f = 2.01010Hz
11

a Spreading out of a wave after passing
through a gap in a barrier
or around an object.
b i, ii and iii

Answers to end-of-chapter questions

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min
1

One mark for each line (the min line and the 1
line can be above the central line)
[3]
2

1810 1210 [1]

c = ax
2
D leading to =
6010
2
= 3.610 m
[1]

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