2 wave pulses travel to the right in a medium. They are 5cm apart, can they collide?

parminouche Posts: 3, Reputation: 1

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Oct 27, 2010, 12:30 PM

2 wave pulses travel to the right in a medium. They are 5cm apart, can they collide?

Unknown008 Posts: 8,076, Reputation: 723

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Oct 28, 2010, 11:17 AM

I think it would depend on what you mean by collide and the nature of those pulses... :confused:

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