B6 At t = 0, the instantaneous position of two pulses moving along a taut string with a speed v = 20.3 cm/s are as shown inthe diagram below. Each unit on the horizontal axis is 5.0 cm and each unit on the vertical axis is 4.0 cm. (The peak of pulse2 is exactly on a half unit of the horizontal axis.)ypulse 2pulse 1(a) At what location will the resultant of the two pulses have maximum amplitude?cm(b) At what time will the resultant of the two pulses have maximum amplitude?(c) What is the value of this maximum amplitude?cmAdditional Materials

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At t= 0, the instantaneous position of two pulses moving along a taut string with a speed v = 20.3 cm/s are as shown in the diagram below. Each unit on the horizontal axis is 5.0 cm and each unit on the vertical axis is 4.0 cm. (The peak of pulse 2 is exactly on a half unit of the horizontal axis.)

At t= 0, the instantaneous position of two pulses moving along a taut string with a speed v = 20.3 cm/s are as shown in the diagram below. Each unit on the horizontal axis is 5.0 cm and each unit on the vertical axis is 4.0 cm. (The peak of pulse 2 is exactly on a half unit of the horizontal axis.)

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At t = 0, the instantaneous position of two pulses moving along a taut string with a speed v = 20.3 cm/s are as shown in
the diagram below. Each unit on the horizontal axis is 5.0 cm and each unit on the vertical axis is 4.0 cm. (The peak of pulse
2 is exactly on a half unit of the horizontal axis.)
y
pulse 2
pulse 1
(a) At what location will the resultant of the two pulses have maximum amplitude?
cm
(b) At what time will the resultant of the two pulses have maximum amplitude?
(c) What is the value of this maximum amplitude?
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