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A lens is placed on a flat plate of glass to test whether its surface is spherical. See the following figure. Show that the radius rm of the mth dark ring should be where R is the radius of curvature...
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A thin film is viewed both in reflected and transmitted light at normal incidence. The figure shows the strongest two rays for each. Show that if rays 1 and 2 interfere constructively, then rays 3 and...
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The particle moves along a straight line from a to b.
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Repeat Problem 25 assuming that n1 < n2 < n3.
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Light of 650 nm is incident on two slits. A maximum is seen at an angle of 4.10° and the next minimum at 4.78°. What is the order m of the maximum and what is the distance d between the slits?
See AnswerQ: A cue stick hits a cue ball with an average force of
A cue stick hits a cue ball with an average force of 24 N for a duration of 0.028 s. If the mass of the ball is 0.16 kg, how fast is it moving after being struck?
See AnswerQ: Show that the interference fringes in a double-slit experiment are
Show that the interference fringes in a double-slit experiment are equally spaced on a distant screen near the center of the interference pattern. [Hint: Use the small-angle approximation for θ.]
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In a double-slit interference experiment, the wavelength is 475 nm, the slit separation is 0.120 mm, and the screen is 36.8 cm away from the slits. What is the linear distance between adjacent maxima...
See AnswerQ: The mass of an aluminum atom is 27.0 u.
The mass of an aluminum atom is 27.0 u. What is the mass of one mole of aluminum atoms? (No calculation required!)
See AnswerQ: Two coherent EM waves have intensities of I0 and 0.28I0
Two coherent EM waves have intensities of I0 and 0.28I0. What is the resulting intensity when they interfere constructively?
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