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1 year ago

Explain diffraction at a single slit (light)

Physics

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Leto [7]1 year ago

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Answer:

At some point on say, the receiving screen, light emanating from the left side of the slit will be out of phase (a difference of 1/2 wavelengths) from light coming from the center of the slit.

Thus for every point that is left of the center of the slit, there will be a point on the right side of the slit that is out of phase,

There will be no light on the screen at that particular point and thus there will be a dark fringe there.

That is the basic explanation for the appearance of dark and bright fringes on the receiving screen.

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baherus [9]

Answer:

The speed of the baseball is approximately 19.855 m/s

Explanation:

From the question, we have;

The frequency of the microwave beam emitted by the speed gun, f = 2.41 × 10¹⁰ Hz

The change in the frequency of the returning wave, Δf = +3190 Hz higher

The Doppler shift for the microwave frequency emitted by the speed gun which is then reflected back to the gun by the moving baseball is given by 2 shifts as follows;

$\dfrac{\Delta f}{f} = \dfrac{2 \cdot v_{baseball}}{c}$

$\therefore{\Delta f}{} = \dfrac{2 \cdot v_{baseball}}{c} \times f$

Where;

Δf = The change in frequency observed, known as the beat frequency = 3190 Hz

$v_{baseball}$ = The speed of the baseball

c = The speed of light = 3.0 × 10⁸ m/s

f = The frequency of the microwave beam = 2.41 × 10¹⁰ Hz

By plugging in the values, we have;

$\therefore{\Delta f} = 3190 \ Hz = \dfrac{2 \cdot v_{baseball}}{3.0 \times 10^8 \ m/s} \times 2.41 \times 10^{10} \ Hz$

$v_{baseball} = \dfrac{3190 \ Hz \times 3.0 \times 10^8 \ m/s }{2.41 \times 10^{10} \ Hz \times 2} \approx 19.855 \ m/s$

The speed of the baseball, $v_{baseball}$ ≈ 19.855 m/s

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3 years ago

A defibrillator passes 14.0 A of current through the torso of a person for 0.0300 s. How much charge moves in coulombs?

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<h2>Answer:</h2>

4.2 C

<h2>Explanation:</h2>

The charge (Q) moving is the product of the current(I) flowing through the torso of the person and the time taken (t) for the flow.

i.e

Q = I x t

Where;

I = current = 14.0A

t = time taken = 0.0300s

Substituting the values of I and t into the equation above gives

Q = 14.0 x 0.0300

Q = 4.2 C

Therefore quantity of charge moving is 4.2 C

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Vinvika [58]

Answer:

B) $\frac{2}{3}$

Explanation:

The electric force between charges can be determined by;

F = $\frac{kq_{1} q_{2} }{r^{2} }$

Where: F is the force, k is the Coulomb's constant, $q_{1}$ is the value of the first charge, $q_{2}$ is the value of the second charge, r is the distance between the centers of the charges.

Let the original charge be represented by q, so that;

$q_{1}$ = 2q

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So that,

F = $q_{1}$ $q_{2}$ x $\frac{k}{r^{2} }$

= 2q x $\frac{q}{3}$ x $\frac{k}{r^{2} }$

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= $\frac{2}{3}$ x $\frac{kq}{r^{2} }$

F = $\frac{2}{3}$ x $\frac{kq}{r^{2} }$

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