35.1: Measuring with a ruler from both to there different points in the antinodal line labeled = 3, we find that the difference in path length is three times the wavelength of the wave, as measured from one crest to the next on the diagram, 35.2: a) At and this path difference stays the same all along the so and the path difference below this point, along the negative axis, stays the same, so b) ©) The maximum and minimum m-values are determined by the largest integer less than or equal to dif so there will be a total of 15 antinodes between the sources. (Another antinode cannot be squeezed in until the separation becomes six times the wavelength.) 35.3: a) For constructive interference the path diference is The separation between sources is 5.00 m, so for points between the sources the largest possible path difference is 5.00 m. Thus only the path difference of zero is possible. This, occurs midway between the two sources, 2.50 m from A. b) For destructive interference the path difference is A path difference of mis possible but a path difference as large as mis not possible. For a point a distance x from 4 and the path difference is354: a) The path difference 120 m, so for destructive b) The longest wavelength for constructive interference is 35.5: For constructive interference, we need, (Don’t confuse this m with the unit meters, also represented by an “m”).. 35.6: a) The brightest wavelengths are when constructive interference occurs: b) The path-length difference is the same, so the wavelengths are the same as part (a). 35.7: Destructive interference occurs for: 35.8: a) For the number of antinodes we have: the maximum integer value is four. The angles are for b) The nodes are given by sin So the angles are 35.9: 35.10: For bright fringes:35.11: Recall 35.12: The width of a bright fringe can be defined to be the distance between its two adjacent destructive minima. Assuming the small angle formula for destructive interference the distance between any two successive minima is, ‘Thus, the answer to both part (a) and part (b) is that the width is 8.00 mm, 35.13: Use the information given about the bright fringe to find the distance d between the two slits: (R is much greater than d, so Eq.35.6 is valid.) The dark fringes are located by The first order dark fringe is located by sin is the wavelength we are seeking. We want such that This gives nm. 35.14: Using Eq.35.6 for small angles, ‘we see that the distance between corresponding bright fringes is