Thanks
Also, there's something I always struggle to grasp. There are questions where they give a diagram with a wave on a graph & tell you that there's another wave, giving you the phase angle of the latter one. I don't know if you get me. But what I'm trying to say is that how would I make the necessary calculations to enable me to draw the second wave? Like the time difference, etc. Would you happen to have a link that could help me?
Ref. October/November 2002, Paper 2, Q. (b) (i).
Thanks in advance.
Yeah, I understand what you mean. Once it was rather complicated for me too.
You should know this formula =>
Phase angle = 2(pie)/lambdaThis formula applies when you have a graph of x against wavelength(lambda). Since in this case the graph is x against time(t), we can change the formula to =>
Phase angle = 2(pie)/T, where
T is the period of oscillation and
is the time difference.
It has been said that both waves have the same waveform, which implies same wavelength and same period. The only difference is that one would lead the other.
Take 2(pie) as 360o since the phase angle has been given in degrees and not radians.Hence 60
o = 2(180)
/3 --->
=
0.5sTherefore the new wave will
lag behind by 0.5s, i.e it will have its first maximum at
0.5s and the first minimum at
2s.
Hope you get it.
Am sorry but I don't have any specific sites for this topic, but
here are some links which a member has been so kind to look for us.