1.

Note the different types of electromagnetic radiation:

(1) X-rays (4) visible light
(2) radio waves (5) infrared radiation
(3) gamma rays (6) ultraviolet radiation
Arrange the ranks of the electromagnetic waves in order of increasing frequency?

2. Visible light of wavelength 714 nm is incident on a diffraction grating that has 3500
lines/cm. At what order maximum will an angle of 90o will be observed?

3. Two slits separated by 2.00 X 105 m are illuminated by light of wavelength 500nm. If the
screen is 8.0 m from the slits, what is the distance between the m = 1 and m = 3 dark fringes?

4. What is the distance from the fixed end of a guitar string to the nearest antinode?

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2
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5. Which one of the following superpositions will result in beats?

A. The superposition of waves that travel with different speeds
B. The superposition of waves that are identical except for slightly different
frequencies.
C. The superposition of identical waves that travel in the same direction
 D. The superposition of identical waves that travel in opposite directions
E. The superposition of waves that are identical except for slightly different
amplitudes

6. The tension in a taut rope is reduced by a factor of 9. How does the speed of wave pulses
on the rope change, if at all?
A. The speed is reduced by a factor of 3.
B. The speed is reduced by a factor of 9.
C. The speed remains the same.
D. The speed is increased by a factor of 3.
E. The speed is increased by a factor of 9.

7. State the Principle of linear superposition.

8. The figure below shows two graphs that represent a transverse wave on a string.
The wave is moving in the positive x direction.

9. Use the information provided in the graphs to determine the following:

a. Wavelength [1]
b. Frequency [[1]
c. Mathematical expression of the wave

10.The mass of a string is 5.0x10-3 kg, and it is stretched so that the tension is 180N.
A transverse wave travelling on this string has a frequency of 260Hz and a wavelength of
0.60m. Calculate the length of the string.
11. The two speakers in the drawing are vibrating in phase, and a listener is standing at
point P. Does constructive or destructive interference occur at P when the speakers
produce sound waves whose frequency is 1466 Hz. Justify your answers with
appropriate calculations. Take the speed of sound in air to be 343 m/s.

12. Two pure tones are sounded together. The drawing shows the pressure variations of
the two sound waves, measured with respect to atmospheric pressure. What is the beat
frequency?

13. The diagram below shows a standing wave pattern formed by a 3.0 m long string. The
frequency of vibration is 50 Hz.
 a. Calculate the speed of the wave on the string?
b. Find the lowest possible frequency for standing waves on this string?

14. Explain the following:

a. Rayleighs criterion for resolution.

15. Light of wavelength 600nm is incident upon a single slit with width 2 x 10-4m. The
figure below shows a pattern of fringes observed on a screen.

16. Determine the distance between the singleslit and the screen.

17. When a diffraction grating is used with light that has a wavelength of 621 nm, a third
order maximum is formed at an angle of 18.0 degree. How many lines per centimetre
does this grating have?