Grade 10 Physical Sciences · Waves, Sound and Light

Apply superposition of pulses

Add two pulses that meet to find the combined pulse, and say if the interference is constructive or destructive (two 2 cm crests make 4 cm).

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Question c · Siyavula Grade 10 Physical Sciences, 7.3 Superposition of pulses, Worked example 2 · 1 mark

The two pulses shown below approach each other at

1

m·s

^{- 1}

. Draw what the waveform would look like after

1

2

s and

5

c Draw the waveform after

5

s.(1)

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