Waves from Two Slits Are in Phase at the Slits

question 40

Multiple Choice

Waves from two slits are in phase at the slits and travel to a distant screen to produce the third side maximum of the interference pattern. The difference in the distance traveled by the waves is:

• A) half a wavelength
• B) a wavelength
• C) three halves of a wavelength
• D) two wavelengths
• E) five halves of a wavelength

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Definitions:

Visual-Form Agnosia

A brain disorder where the person cannot identify objects even though their vision is intact.

Optic Nerve

A paired nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain.

Lateral Geniculate Nucleus

A part of the thalamus in the brain responsible for processing and relaying visual information from the retina to the visual cortex.

Corpus Callosum

A large band of neural fibers that connects the left and right cerebral hemispheres, facilitating inter-hemispheric communication.