(a) Explanation Given info: The series of parallel linear water wave fronts are travels directly towards the shore at 15.0 cm/s , a long concrete barrier that runs parallel to the shore at a distance of 3.20 m away as a hole on it, the number of wave crest in each minute is 75.0 , and it is observed that no waves reach the shore at ± 61.3 cm from the point directly opposite the hole. Formula to calculate the width of the slit for single slit diffraction is, sin θ 1 = λ a (I) θ 1 is the angle of diffraction of the first minima from the centre of the central maxima. λ is the wavelength of the wave. a is the width of the slit. Formula to calculate the wavelength of the water wave is, λ = v f v is the speed of the wave. f is the frequency of the wave. Substitute 15.0 cm/s for v and 75.0 min − 1 for f in the above equation to find λ . λ = 15.0 cm/s ( 75.0 min − 1 × 1 min 60 s ) = 12.0 cm Thus, the wavelength of the water wave is 12.0 cm . Formula to calculate the angle through which the first minima diffracted from the centre of the central maxima is (b) To determine The other angles at which no wave’s heats the shore.

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Chapter 36, Problem 36.7E

(a)

To determine

The width of the slit.

(b)

To determine

The other angles at which no wave’s heats the shore.

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