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Interference & Superposition
Summary
- Objects made of matter
- are material, tangible, corporeal, and definite
- cannot occupy the same place at the same time
- exchange energy and momentum during collisions
- Waves
- are immaterial, intangible, incorporeal, and indefinite
- can occupy the same place at the same time
- pass through each other without effect
- Principle of Linear Superposition
- When waves occupy the same place at the same time they interfere
or superpose
- The resultant disturbance is the sum of the individual disturbances
at every point in space and time
