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Homework Statement
Two radio antennas radiating in phase are located at points A and B, 200m apart. The radio waves have a frequency of 5.80MHz. A radio receiver is moved out from point B along a line perpendicular to the line connecting A and B.
At what distances from B will there be destructive interference? (Note: The distance of the receiver from the sources is not large in comparison to the separation of the sources, so equation [itex]dsin\theta = (m+0.5)λ[/itex] does not apply.)
The Attempt at a Solution
I tried looking at the difference in path lengths separately, because I know that for destructive interference to occur, (m+1/2)λ=Δray length.
I drew a right angle triangle, where one side was 200m, the other side was r2 and the hypotenuse was r1. I said that θ was the angle between the 200m and r1. So then:
[itex]r_1=200tanθ,~~ r_2=\frac{200}{cosθ}
~~~~~Δr = 200 \frac{sinθ-1}{cosθ} = (m+1/2)λ[/itex]
But I can't figure out how to solve this equation, nor can I see another way to solve this problem. Thanks!