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Let's add two sinusoids whose amplitudes and frequencies are identical and whose phases are different:

x ( t ) = A cos ( ω t + φ ) + A cos ( ω t + φ + ψ ) .

Show analytically that this sum has the phasor representation

X = 2 A c o s ( ψ 2 ) e j [ φ + ( ψ / 2 ) ] .

Interpret this finding. Then write a MATLAB program that computes and plots complex X on the complex plane as ψ varies from 0 to 2 π and that plots magnitude, | X | , and phase, arg X , versus the phase angle ψ . (You will have to choose ψ = n 2 π N , n = 0 , 1 , ... , N - 1 , for a suitable N . ) When do you get constructive interfelence and when do you get destructive interference?Now compute and plot x ( t ) versus t (you will need to discretize t ) for several interesting values of ψ . Explain your interference results in terms of the amplitude and phase of x ( t ) and the magnitude and phase of X . Use the subplots discussed in "An Introduction to MATLAB" to plot all of your results together.

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Source:  OpenStax, A first course in electrical and computer engineering. OpenStax CNX. Sep 14, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col10685/1.2
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