Four harmonic waves of equal frequencies and equal intensities I0 have phase angles 0, π/3,2π/3 and π. When they are superposed, the intensity of the resulting wave is nI0. The value of n is
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answer is 3.
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Waves with phase angles 0 and π , will cancel each other.Remaining two waves has phase difference △ϕ =2π3-π3=π3=600Resultant Intensity=IRes=4I0cos2△ϕ2⇒IRes=4I0cos230∘⇒IRes=4I0×34=3I0So, n=3