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Homework Statement
A wave is traveling to the right shown in the first picture. Which wave traveling to the left will momentarily cancel out the original wave moving to the right?
Homework Equations
There are no equations, this problem is visual
The Attempt at a Solution
It seems the answer C, in picture two, is the correct answer because the small dip in the original wave would first encounter the small upward bump coming from the right side. And then the large upward bump in the original wave coming from the left would then encounter the large dip and wait C cancelling them out. Wave A as the answer seems to have the original wave with a small dip encountering a large dip coming from the wave on the right first. This seems like it would not create a cancellation, but rather a larger dip combining the two dips together. I'm totally confused. The answer seems so straightforward that it would be answers C, but it is wrong