Chapter 2: Q33E (page 499)
Suppose that the left-traveling pulse in Exercise 15.32 is below the level of the unstretched string instead of above it. Make the same sketches that you did in that exercise
Short Answer
The sketches are shown below.
Chapter 2: Q33E (page 499)
Suppose that the left-traveling pulse in Exercise 15.32 is below the level of the unstretched string instead of above it. Make the same sketches that you did in that exercise
The sketches are shown below.
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