Physics Question: vibration and wave?

Heather Hamrick

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Two pulses traveling on the same string are
described by

y1 =5/[(a x - b t)^2 + 2]

and

y2 =-5/[(a x + b t - 6)^2 + 2]

where a = 8.4 m-1 and b = 6.3 s-1.

A) At what time do the two cancel?
Answer in units of s.

B)At what point do the two waves always cancel?
Answer in units of m.
 
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