Question

Two identical speakers are set some distance apart in a large open field. Both are producing sound, in unison, with a wavelength of 4 m. An observer wandering around the field notices that the sound is surprisingly loud at certain locations and unusually quiet at others. The observer concludes that this is the effect of interference between the two sources of sound waves. For each location, indicate which sort of interference would occur at that point.

Answer 1

Answer:

Constructive interference occurs at the surprisingly loud locations and destructive interference occurs at the unusually quiet locations.

Explanation:

This is because, constructive interference tends to combine the effects of the wave when they are in phase (that is, moving in the same direction), which thus amplifies the effect and produces surprisingly loud sounds at those locations, while destructive interference occurs when the waves are out of phase with each other(that is, move in opposite directions) and thus, their effects tend to cancel out thus producing locations of unusually quiet sounds.