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Chapter 19: Problem 33

Question: The figure showing two waves traveling in opposite directions is shown in the text.

Solution: At the time of interest the displacement of the string vanishes at all points on the string, but the string has transverse velocity at various points. The energy of the system is entirely kinetic at that time.



Martin Savage
Tue Jan 12 17:39:44 PST 1999