Q.
Two pulses in a stretched string whose centres are initially 8 cm apart are moving towards each other as shown in the figure. The speed of each pulse is 2 cm/s. After 2 seconds, the total energy of the pulses will be
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a
Zero
b
Purely kinetic
c
Purely potential
d
Partly kinetic and partly potential
answer is B.
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Detailed Solution
After 2 sec the pulses will overlap completely. The string becomes straight and therefore does not have any potential energy and its entire energy must be kinetic.
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