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Physics: Post your doubts here!

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hi,i need physic 0625 may/june 2002, paper 3,it would be nice if someone has it,,,thanks...
 
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The question is c)ii, the mark scheme says that the wave is reflected off of other surfaces, which I understand, but it also says that the path difference decreases and that the amplitude decreases which I don't get. What do they mean by a decreasing path difference and amplitude and how does it relate to minima? Can it be explained by relating it to the scenario in the diagram (ie difference when the mic close to the speaker and as it moves away) and the minima-maxima graph?
 
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I've attached the questions:
The question is c)ii, the mark scheme says that the wave is reflected off of other surfaces, which I understand, but it also says that the path difference decreases and that the amplitude decreases which I don't get. What do they mean by a decreasing path difference and amplitude and how does it relate to minima? Can it be explained by relating it to the scenario in the diagram (ie difference when the mic close to the speaker and as it moves away) and the minima-maxima graph?
minima is formed by complete destructive interference and for that to occur it must be in phase and the amplitudes should such that it cancels each other hope i could help
 
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minima is formed by complete destructive interference and for that to occur it must be in phase and the amplitudes should such that it cancels each other hope i could help
I thought that in phase waves cause constructive interference? and I understand that but what does the amplitude and path difference have to do with it?
 
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minima is formed by complete destructive interference and for that to occur it must be in phase and the amplitudes should such that it cancels each other hope i could help
Plus, how could te amplitudes at the minima even decrease because I thought that it must always be 0?!
 
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I thought that in phase waves cause constructive interference? and I understand that but what does the amplitude and path difference have to do with it?
sorry about the phase stuff i wanted to write there is a path difference which means they are out of phase and thus cant cancel each other completely i.e (destructive interference) and zero minima here means no sound is this possible??? when u are actually moving loud speaker towards microphone
 
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guys, does anyone know how the marks are calculated for AS levels to get a mark out of 130?
 
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could someone please tell me if its okay to break both the x-axis and the y-axis for the graphs in P3 of physics? Or are we supposed to break the x-axis?
a quick reply would be highly appreciated! thanks. :)

p.s. kindly reply
 
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A thermometer can be read to an accuracy of ± 0.5 °C. This thermometer is used to measure a
temperature rise from 40 °C to 100 °C.
What is the percentage uncertainty in the measurement of the temperature rise?
A 0.5 % B 0.8 % C 1.3 % D 1.7 %............. THANKS IN ADVANCE
 

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A thermometer can be read to an accuracy of ± 0.5 °C. This thermometer is used to measure a
temperature rise from 40 °C to 100 °C.
What is the percentage uncertainty in the measurement of the temperature rise?
A 0.5 % B 0.8 % C 1.3 % D 1.7 %............. THANKS IN ADVANCE
Percentage Uncertainty = (0.5 + 0.5)/60 x 100 = 1.6666 = 1.7 (2s.f)
 
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Percentage Uncertainty = (0.5 + 0.5)/60 x 100 = 1.6666 = 1.7 (2s.f)
Can you please tell me the uncertainities of all instruments to be used in phy and chem labs? I have been searching for them and with no luck. Like stopwatch having typical uncertainity of 0.2 due to human error .
 
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Can you please tell me the uncertainities of all instruments to be used in phy and chem labs? I have been searching for them and with no luck. Like stopwatch having typical uncertainity of 0.2 due to human error .
uncertainities of all instruments in phy are taken as their least counts eg. 0.1 mm in vernier caliper
as for in chem n bio uncertainities are taken to b 'half' of least count
 
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