The angles to the incident direction are the boats inside the harbor most protected against wave action will be 23.57 °
Diffraction is the phenomenon that occur when a wave of light encounter an obstacle or a slit generally.
considering wide opening of harbor as thickness d
the ocean wave as light source (coherent )
boats inside the harbor as screen where diffraction pattern is going to happen
so , destructive interference should happen (to minimize the amplitude of wave ) in order to save the boats from its effect
n * lambda = d sin (theta )
n=1 ( first order minima )
sin(theta ) = lambda / d
sin( theta ) = 20 /50
sin(theta) = 2/5
theta = sin inverse (2/5)
theta = 23.57 °
The angles to the incident direction are the boats inside the harbor most protected against wave action will be 23.57 °
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