Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2015

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    The path difference between two waves \[{{y}_{1}}={{a}_{1}}\sin \left( \omega t-\frac{2\pi x}{\lambda } \right)\]and \[{{y}_{2}}={{a}_{2}}\cos \left( \omega t-\frac{2\pi x}{\lambda }+\phi  \right)\]

    A) \[\frac{\lambda }{2\pi }[\phi +\pi /2]\]

    B) \[\frac{\lambda }{2\pi }[\phi ]\]

    C) \[\frac{\lambda }{2\pi }[\phi -\pi /2]\]        

    D) \[\frac{2\pi }{\lambda }[\phi ]\]

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Given, \[{{y}_{2}}={{a}_{2}}\cos \left[ \omega t-\frac{2\pi x}{\lambda }+\phi  \right]\] Or \[{{y}_{2}}={{a}_{2}}\sin \left[ \frac{\pi }{2}+\left( \omega t-\frac{2\pi x}{\lambda }+\phi  \right) \right]\] and \[{{y}_{1}}={{a}_{1}}\sin \left( \omega t-\frac{2\pi x}{\lambda } \right)\]            We have phase difference between two waves                                                 \[=\left[ \frac{\pi }{2}+\phi  \right]\]   Path difference = \[\frac{\lambda }{2\pi }\times \] phase difference \[\therefore \]     Path difference \[=\frac{\lambda }{2\pi }\left[ \frac{\pi }{2}+\phi  \right]\]   


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