physics student sends a wave pulse is traveling down a spring at 5.0 m/s. The pulse kes 0.35 seconds to make. i. What is the width of the pulse. Show your work ii. The pulse is transmitted into a spring where waves travel half as fast. A student is watching the wave pulse travel by in this new spring. How much time does it take the pulse to travel past the student. Explain.

physics student sends a wave pulse is traveling down a spring at 5.0 m/s. The pulse kes 0.35 seconds to make. i. What is the width of the pulse. Show your work ii. The pulse is transmitted into a spring where waves travel half as fast. A student is watching the wave pulse travel by in this new spring. How much time does it take the pulse to travel past the student. Explain.

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Chapter16: Waves

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Problem 96P: Consider two waves y1(x,t) and y2(x,t) that are identical except for a phase shift propagating in...

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