Solve the problem.
-A product of two oscillations with different frequencies such as
is important in acoustics. The result is an oscillation with "oscillating amplitude."
(i) Writethe product of the two oscillations as a sum of two cosines and call it .
(ii) Usinga graphing utility, graph the function on the interval .
(iii) On the same system as your graph, graph and .
(iv) Thelast two functions constitute an "envelope" for the function . For certain values of , the two cosine functions in cancel each other out and near-silence occurs; between these values, the two functions combine in varying degrees. The phenomenon is known (and heard) as "beats." For what values of do the functions cancel each other?
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