Two waves meet at a time when one has the instantaneous amplitude A and the other has the instantaneous?

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Two waves meet at a time when one has the instantaneous amplitude A and the other has the instantaneous?

amplitude B. Their combined amplitude at this time is
a- A+B
b- A-B
c- between A+B and A-B
d- indeterninate

2007-02-06 08:38:50 · 1 answers · asked by AC 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

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a. always add amplitudes. Note that the amplitude has a sign so that the waves may interfere constructively (same sign) or destructively (opposite sign).

2007-02-08 17:43:13 · answer #1 · answered by d/dx+d/dy+d/dz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋