Question

Select the correct answer.
What happens to the amplitude of the resultant wave when two sound waves with equal amplitude constructively interfere?
A.
It is half than the amplitude of each wave.
B.
It is twice than the amplitude of each wave.
C.
It is the mean of the amplitudes of the two waves.
D.
It is the square of the amplitude of each wave.
E.
It is zero.

Answers

GPT-4o mini
The correct answer is:

B. It is twice than the amplitude of each wave.

When two sound waves with equal amplitude constructively interfere, the resulting amplitude is the sum of the individual amplitudes, which means it will be twice the amplitude of each wave.