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Destructive interference occurs when waves clash in such a way that they completely cancel each other out. When two waves meet destructively, their amplitudes in opposite directions must be the same. When more than two waves collide, the problem becomes more complicated; nonetheless, the eventual result is that they all combine to produce zero amplitude in some way. When a group of waves crash, the interference is usually somewhere in the center, not entirely constructive or entirely destructive. The right circumstances are usually necessary to get interference that is wholly beneficial or completely destructive.

Step-by-step explanation

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Waves obey the superposition principle, so when the waves interact with each other, they superimpose and then they pass through each other completely without any disturbance in the wave.

So, when the waves interact with each other, they can interfere or overlap to form many different patterns while each wave continues moving in its original direction and they pass through each other unaffected.

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