When two waves meet in the same medium and the result is no wave, what happened to the two waves?

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Aritra G.
Sep 18, 2017

In the case of superposition of waves, there is no destruction of energy. There is merely a redistribution of it.

When two waves superpose on each other in such a way that the resultant is no wave, the energy carried by the waves is redistributed in the medium. As such there is no violation of energy conservation principle.

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