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A-LevelPhysicsAlternating currentsOct/Nov 2017Paper 4 Q58 Marks

The analogue signal from a microphone is to be transmitted in digital form. The variation with time t of part of the signal from the microphone is shown in Fig. 5.1. [Figure 5.1] The microphone output is sampled at a frequency of 5.0 kHz by an analogue-to-digital converter (ADC). The output from the ADC is a series of 4-bit numbers. The smallest bit represents 1.0mV. The first sample is taken at time t = 0.

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This structured question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Physics (9702) Oct/Nov 2017 examination, Paper 4 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Alternating currents and is worth 8 marks.

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