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Speed of wave
Question

Two pulses in a stretched string whose centres are initially 8 cm apart are moving towards each other as
 

shown in fig. (a). The speed of each pulse is 2 cm/s. After 2 second, the total energy of the pulses will be

Moderate
Solution

 After 2 second, the two pulses will meet in mutually opposite phase and hence the amplitude of resultant wave will be zero. So, the total energy will be purely kinetic.

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