JEE Main & Advanced Physics Wave Mechanics Question Bank Critical Thinking

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    Consider ten identical sources of sound all giving the same frequency but having phase angles which are random. If the average intensity of each source is \[{{I}_{0}}\], the average of resultant intensity I due to all these ten sources will be                                                               [MP PMT 1990]

    A)            \[I=100\,{{I}_{0}}\]            

    B)            \[I=10\,{{I}_{0}}\]

    C)            \[I={{I}_{0}}\]                      

    D)            \[I=\sqrt{10}\,{{I}_{0}}\]

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                       In case of interference of two waves resultant intensity                    \[I={{I}_{1}}+{{I}_{2}}+2\sqrt{{{I}_{1}}{{I}_{2}}}\cos \varphi \]                    If f  varies randomly with time, so \[{{(\cos \varphi )}_{av}}=0\]                    Þ \[I={{I}_{1}}+{{I}_{2}}\]                    For n identical waves, \[I={{I}_{0}}+{{I}_{0}}+.......=n\,{{I}_{0}}\] here \[I=10{{I}_{0}}.\]


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