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Two wave pulses travel on a string toward each other. The wave pulses can be described as:

   

where k = 5 rad/m and w = 3 rad/s.

(a) At what instant do the two cancel everywhere? (Assume x is in meters ad t is in seconds?

(b) At what point do the two always cancel?

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Physics: Principles with Applications
7th Edition, 2013
Giancoli
ISBN: 9780321625922

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