College Physics
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Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 24 Solutions
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Ch. 24 - Review Question 24.1 Explain why we observe...Ch. 24 - Prob. 2RQCh. 24 - Review Question 24.3 How do the locations of the...Ch. 24 - Review Question 24.4 If we look through a grating...Ch. 24 - Review Question 24.5 Equation (24.6),...Ch. 24 - Review Question 24.6 Stars are so far away that...Ch. 24 - Prob. 7RQCh. 24 - Multiple Choice Questions
1. You shine a...Ch. 24 - Multiple Choice Questions When you shine a very...Ch. 24 - Prob. 3MCQ
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5. Why don’t two...Ch. 24 - Multiple Choice Questions You shine a laser beam...Ch. 24 - Multiple Choice Questions
7. What does the...Ch. 24 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 24 - Multiple Choice Questions You shine a green laser...Ch. 24 - 10. Describe a double-slit interference experiment...Ch. 24 - You are investigating a pattern produced on a...Ch. 24 - 12. Give examples of phenomena that can be...Ch. 24 - 13. Give examples of phenomena that cannot be...Ch. 24 - Prob. 14CQCh. 24 - 15. Draw a point-like source of light. What is the...Ch. 24 - Draw two coherent light sources next to each...Ch. 24 - 17. Use the wave front representation to explain...Ch. 24 - 18. Use the wave front representation to explain...Ch. 24 - Compare the interference pattern produced by two...Ch. 24 - Draw 10 coherent point-like sources of light...Ch. 24 - If you see green light of 520-nm wavelength when...Ch. 24 - 22. Imagine that you have a very thin uniform oil...Ch. 24 - (a) Draw a picture of what you will see on a...Ch. 24 - Describe three situations that you can analyze...Ch. 24 - Why can you hear a person who is around a corner...Ch. 24 - 26 Astronomers often called the resolution limit...Ch. 24 - 24.1 and 24.2 Youngs double-slit experiment and...Ch. 24 - 24.1 and 24.2 Youngs double-slit experiment and...Ch. 24 - 24.1 and 24.2 Young’s double-slit experiment and...Ch. 24 - 24.1 and 24.2 Youngs double-slit experiment and...Ch. 24 - 24.1 and 24.2 Young’s double-slit experiment and...Ch. 24 - 24.1 and 24.2 Youngs double-slit experiment and...Ch. 24 - 24.1 and 24.2 Youngs double-slit experiment and...Ch. 24 - Gratings: an application of interference Light of...Ch. 24 - 24.3 Gratings: an application of interference...Ch. 24 - 24.3 Gratings: an application of interference
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26. Two flat glass...Ch. 24 - 24.5 Diffraction of light * Explain diffraction...Ch. 24 - 24.5 Diffraction of light * How did we derive it?...Ch. 24 - 24.5 Diffraction of light
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37. Resolution of telescope ...Ch. 24 - Resolving power * Laser light of wavelength 630 nm...Ch. 24 - Resolving power * Size of small bead Infrared...Ch. 24 - Resolving power * Resolution of telescope How will...Ch. 24 - Resolving power * Detecting visual binary stars...Ch. 24 - Prob. 42PCh. 24 - 24.6 Resolving power
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