Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 21 - Superposition - Conceptual Questions - Page 620: 9

Answer

constructive, destructive, constructive.

Work Step by Step

At point a, it is obvious that there is a constructive interference since the two in-phase waves' crests met there. And at point c, it is obvious that there is a constructive interference since the two in-phase waves' troughs met there. But at point b, it is obvious that there is a destructive interference since the two in-phase waves trough met there the trough of one on the crest of the other.
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