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Chapter 25, Problem 1CQ
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Why two waves of significantly different frequencies cannot be coherent.

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The phase relationship is not present with waves of different frequencies, so they cannot be coherent.

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The coherent waves will have a definite fixed phase relationship between them. If the frequency of the waves are somewhat identical, there will be a slight phase matching between the waves, and they can be coherent.

The waves given here have very significant difference in their frequencies. This will ensure that the waves will not be coherent. Therefore, the waves of different frequencies do not have phase relationship, they cannot be coherent.

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