Question

An effect analogous to two-slit interference can occur with sound waves, instead of light. In an open field, two speakers placed 1.30 m apart are powered by a single function generator producing sine waves at 1200-Hz frequency. A student walks along a line 12.5 m away and parallel to the line between the speakers. She hears an alternating pattern of loud and quiet, due to constructive and destructive interference. What is : (a) the wavelength of this sound and (b) the distance between the central maximum and the first maximum (loud) position along this line

Answer 1

Answer:

2.72 m

Explanation:

wavelength of sound λ = velocity / frequency

= 340 / 1200

= .2833 m

Distance of point of  first constructive interference

= λ D / d ( D is distance of the screen and d is distance between source of sound.

Here D = 12.5 m

d = 1.3 m

λ D / d= ( .2833 x 12.5) / 1.3

= 2.72 m

Distance of point of  first constructive interference = 2.72 m