Manipal Engineering Manipal Engineering Solved Paper-2012

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    Two    waves    are    represented    by\[{{y}_{1}}=A\sin (kx-\omega t)\]and\[{{y}_{2}}=A\cos (kx-\omega t)\]. The amplitude of resultant wave is

    A) \[4\,\,A\]                                            

    B) \[2\,\,A\]

    C) \[\sqrt{2}A\]                     

    D)        \[A\]

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Given,   \[{{y}_{1}}=A\sin (kx-\omega t)\]                 \[{{y}_{2}}=A\cos (kx-\omega t)\] or            \[{{y}_{2}}=A\sin \left( kx-\omega t+\frac{\pi }{2} \right)\] Phase difference of two waves\[=\frac{\pi }{2}\]. \[\because \]Resultant amplitude                 \[R=\sqrt{{{A}^{2}}+{{A}^{2}}+2AA\cos \phi }\]                     \[=\sqrt{{{A}^{2}}+{{A}^{2}}+2{{A}^{2}}\cos \frac{\pi }{2}}\]                     \[=\sqrt{2{{A}^{2}}}\]         \[\left( \because \,\,\cos \frac{\pi }{2}=0 \right)\]                 \[R=\sqrt{2}A\]


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