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Nat2105 [25]
3 years ago
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What is the difference between distance and position?

Physics
1 answer:
Ket [755]3 years ago
3 0
Distance is a scalar and measured only by units (meters, feet). Position is a vector and depends on where the origin is. It can be negative or positive and has direction.
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Explanation:

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First, we will determine his distance from the second speaker using the Pythagorean theorem

l₂ = √(2.00²+5.00²)

l₂ = √4+25

l₂ = √29

l₂ = 5.39 m

Hence, the path difference is

ΔL = l₂ - l₁

ΔL = 5.39 m - 5.00 m

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From the formula for destructive interference

ΔL = (n+1/2)λ

where n is any integer and λ is the wavelength

n = 1 in this case, the lowest possible frequency corresponds to the largest wavelength, which corresponds to the smallest value of n.

Then,

0.39 = (1+ 1/2)λ

0.39 = (3/2)λ

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∴ λ = 0.39/1.5

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Hence, the lowest possible frequency of sound for which this is possible is 1307.69 Hz.

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for the kaon, rest energy E_{0K} = 494c² MeV

for the proton, rest energy E_{0P} = 938c² MeV

Recall that the rest energy, and the total energy are related by..

E = γE_{0}

which can be written in this case as

E_{K} = γE_{0K} ...... equ 1

where E = total energy of the kaon, and

E_{0} = rest energy of the kaon

γ = relativistic factor = \frac{1}{\sqrt{1 - \beta ^{2} } }

where \beta = \frac{v}{c}

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E_{K} = E_{0P} ......equ 2

where E_{K} is the total energy of the kaon, and

E_{0P} is the rest energy of the proton.

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F=ma

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