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Consider two antennas separated by 9.00 m that radiate in phase at 120 MHz, as described in Exercise 35.3. A receiver placed 150 m from both antennas measures an intensity I0. The receiver is moved so that it is 1.8 m closer to one antenna than to the other. (a) What is the phase difference f between the two radio waves produced by this path difference? (b) In terms of I0, what is the intensity measured by the receiver at its new position?

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Answer:

a

  [tex]\Phi  =4.524 \  rad[/tex]

b

   [tex]I   =  0.40637 I_o [/tex]

Explanation:

From the question we are told that

  The distance of separation is  [tex]d =  9.0 \  m[/tex]

  The frequency is [tex]f = 120 \  MHz  =  120  *10^{6} \  Hz[/tex]

   The distance of the receiver from the antennas is [tex]D =  150 \  m[/tex]

   The intensity measured is  [tex]I =  I_o[/tex]

    The change in position of the receiver is by  [tex]\Delta D =  1.8 \  m[/tex]

Gnerally the phase difference is mathematically represented as

       [tex]\Phi  = \frac{ 2 \pi  *  \Delta D}{\lambda}[/tex]

Here [tex]\lambda[/tex]  is the wavelength which is mathematically represented as

       [tex]\lambda  =  \frac{c}{f}[/tex]

Here c is the speed of light with value  [tex]c = 3.0 *10^{8} \  m/s[/tex]

=>     [tex]\lambda  =  \frac{3.0 *10^{8}}{ 120  *10^{6} }[/tex]

=>     [tex]\lambda  =  \frac{3.0 *10^{8}}{ 120  *10^{6} }[/tex]

=>     [tex]\lambda  = 2.5 \  m[/tex]

So

 [tex]\Phi  = \frac{ 2* 3.142   * 1.8 }{2.5}[/tex]

  [tex]\Phi  = \frac{ 2* 3.142   * 1.8 }{2.5}[/tex]

  [tex]\Phi  =4.524 \  rad[/tex]

Generally the intensity measured by the receiver is  

     [tex]I   = I_o  cos^2 [\frac{\Phi}{2} ][/tex]

=>   [tex]I   = I_o  [cos [\frac{4.524}{2} ]]^2[/tex]

=>  [tex]I   = I_o  [cos [ 2.262]]^2[/tex]

=>  [tex]I   =  0.40637 I_o [/tex]

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