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if a pulse with an amplitude of 5+ unis interferes with a pulse with an ampilitude of 3+ units , the resulting amplitude of the medium will be 4e plus units- the average of the two individual amplitudes , truth or false
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By the principle of superposition the displacements add algebraically at each point and instant. If two positive pulses of amplitudes 5 units and 3 units perfectly overlap, the resultant amplitude is 5 + 3 = 8 units, not the average. (If one were negative, e.g. 5 and −3, the result would be 5 − 3 = 2 units.) The resultant depends on sign, timing, and shape of the pulses, not on taking an average.
By the principle of superposition the displacements add algebraically at each point and instant. If two positive pulses of amplitudes 5 units and 3 units perfectly overlap, the resultant amplitude is 5 + 3 = 8 units, not the average. (If one were negative, e.g. 5 and −3, the result would be 5 − 3 = 2 units.) The resultant depends on sign, timing, and shape of the pulses, not on taking an average.
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