Two waves of equal magnitude but opposite phase interfere with one another to cause the waves to disappear. This is caused by:

each wave canceling the other out, causing the waves to disappear completely

refraction of waves multiplying each other's amplitude with the effect of canceling each other out

the Conner effect

destructive interference giving the effect of making the waves disappear, but each will travel on its way

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Porter Benjamin

1 March, 13:16

Two waves of equal magnitude but opposite phase interfere with one another to cause the waves to disappear. This is caused by:

each wave canceling the other out, causing the waves to disappear completely

refraction of waves multiplying each other's amplitude with the effect of canceling each other out

the Conner effect

destructive interference giving the effect of making the waves disappear, but each will travel on its way

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Dahlia Steele · Answer 1

Destructive Interference. This gives the effect of making the two waves disappear at the moment they meet. After the 2 waves cancel each other at the monent when they overlap, the waves continue in the same direction and magnitude as they were originally.