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Project Seafarer was an ambitious program to construct an enormous antenna, buried underground on a site about 10000km2in area. Its purpose was to transmit signals to submarines while they were deeply submerged. If the effective wavelength were1.0×104Earth radii, what would be the (a) frequency and(b) period of the radiations emitted? Ordinarily, electromagnetic radiations do not penetrate very far into conductors such as seawater, and so normal signals cannot reach the submarines.

Short Answer

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a) Frequency of the emitted radiations is 4.7×10-3Hz.

b) Period of the emitted radiations is 212seconds.

Step by step solution

01

Listing the given quantities

Area, A=10000km2.

The wavelength,λ=1.0×104 earth radii.

Earth radii is,6.37×106m .

Speed of light,c=3×108m/s .

02

Understanding the concepts of frequency, period, and wavelength

The transmission signals from a submarine deeply submerged underground have wavelength 1.0×104earth radii. Their frequency and time period can be calculated using the general formula for frequency. Earth radii can be considered as the average distance from the physical center to the surface, having value 6.37×106m. Also, the time period of the radiation is the inverse of the frequency.

Formula:

Frequency is,f=cλ .

The time period is, T=1f.

03

(a) Calculations of the frequency of the radiation

Frequency can be calculated as,

f=cλ

Substitute the values in the above expression, and we get,

f=3×1081.0×104×6.37×106=4.7×10-3Hz

Thus, the frequency of the emitted radiations is 4.7×10-3Hz

04

(b) Calculations of the time period

The time period can be calculated as,

T=1f

Substitute the values in the above expression, and we get,

T=14.7×10-3=212seconds

Thus, the period of the emitted radiations is 212seconds

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