A television is tuned to a station broadcasting at a frequency of2.04 * 108Hz. For best reception, the rabbit-ear antenna used bythe TV should be adjusted to have a tip-to-tip length equal to halfa wavelength of the broadcast signal. Find the optimum length ofthe antenna

A television is tuned to a station broadcasting at a frequency of2.04 * 108Hz. For best reception, the rabbit-ear antenna used bythe TV should be adjusted to have a tip-to-tip length equal to halfa wavelength of the broadcast signal. Find the optimum length ofthe antenna

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Hz. For best reception, the rabbit-ear antenna used by
the TV should be adjusted to have a tip-to-tip length equal to half
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the antenna

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