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Card 6

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State the principle of superposition of waves

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Card 7

Front

Two adjacent transmitters are 1.0m apart with a receiving aerial R halfway between them. The transmitters emit coherent em waves of wavelength 3.0cm.

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Card 8

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The student finds that the signal at the receiver R falls from max to zero when R is moved 0.75 cm towards a transmitter. Explain this observation. Make it clear how signal can be zero and why the distance moved is 0.75 cm.

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Card 9

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See Question 5bii) june 2013

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Card 10

Front

What does coherent mean?

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Card 11

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Why does amplitude decrease with distance and what is the relationship when sending a signal from a transmitter to a detector ? Refer to Question 5 June 2015 and the diagram for next 2 after.

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Card 12

Front

What effect on the intensity of the signal detected by a receiver when the amplitude of the waves emitted from a source is doubled.

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Card 13

Front

What effect on the intensity of the signal detected by a receiver when the detector is rotated 90 degrees about the axis.

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