Homework Waves and Sound

Helpful links for this homework.

Chapter 16.10 https://openstax.org/books/college-physics/pages/16-10-superposition-and-interference

Chapter 17: https://openstax.org/books/college-physics/pages/17-introduction-to-the-physics-of-hearing

https://www.compadre.org/Physlets/waves/intro18.cfm

Due to an error on the question below all students who completed the assignment receive +2 points on this assignment.

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https://www.compadre.org/Physlets/waves/prob17_4.cfm

At t = 2.5 s, which of the following, if any, statement(s) is (are) true regarding the superposition of the two waves?

1. Their sum adds up to zero.
2. Their sum adds up to twice that of the original waves.
3. Their sum is as if only one of the original waves is there.
4. Their sum has a large peak, a depression, and then another large peak.