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Superposition and Reflection · Already know this?

Ten questions, one verdict per topic

Answer all ten without looking anything up. The result tells you, topic by topic, which lessons you may skip and which you should read.

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Ten questions. The result tells you which lessons you may skip.

1

An upright pulse \(4\,\text{mm}\) high and an upright pulse \(3\,\text{mm}\) high travel towards each other on a string. At the instant their peaks coincide, the displacement there is

2

At one point of a string, the first wave alone would give \(-3\,\text{mm}\) and the second alone \(+1\,\text{mm}\). The displacement of the string there is

3

Two pulses of different shapes cross on a string. After they separate,

4

Two sources give a stable interference pattern only if their waves have

5

Two coherent waves that start in phase reach a point with a path difference of \(3\lambda/2\). At that point the interference is

6

Two harmonic waves of amplitude \(A\) travel the same way on a string with a phase difference of \(2\pi/3\). The amplitude of the resultant is

7

The new disturbance created at a boundary obeys the wave equation because

8

A pulse reflects from an end tied firmly to a wall. The reflected pulse is

9

A pulse \(2\,\text{cm}\) high reaches a free end, a light ring on a smooth rod. The ring rises to

10

A pulse of amplitude \(6\,\text{mm}\) passes from a string into one of four times its mass density, under the same tension. The reflected pulse is