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Superposition Principle
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Instructions
Click on the problem number to initialize the simulation. Answer the
question after you have run the simulation. You may click and drag inside
the animation to read the coordinates in order to obtain numerical values
for use in your equations. Enter your function and click on the button to
test your answers.
- Problem 1
Find the wavelength, frequency, and speed of the wave in the top
panel, f(x,t).
- Problem 2
Find a wave function, g(x,t), that will produce a standing wave with a
node at x=0, (i.e., at the center.)
- Problem 3
What wave function, g(x,t), will produce a beat wave with a beat
frequency of 0.2 Hz.
- Problem 4
Traveling waves need not be sinusoidal. Find a wave function, g(x,t),
that interferes destructively with the incoming wave, f(x,t), at the point
x=0;
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