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    • https://phys.libretexts.org/Courses/Berea_College/Introductory_Physics%3A_Berea_College/14%3A_Waves/14.07%3A_Standing_waves
      The superposition of these waves is given by: D(x,t)=D1(x,t)+D2(x,t)=A(sin(kxωt)+sin(kx+ωt)) We can use the following trigonometric...The superposition of these waves is given by: D(x,t)=D1(x,t)+D2(x,t)=A(sin(kxωt)+sin(kx+ωt)) We can use the following trigonometric identity to combine these into a single term: sinθ1+sinθ2=2sin(θ1+θ22)cos(θ1θ22) The resulting wave is thus given by: \[\begin{aligned} D(x,t) &= 2A\sin\left(\frac{kx-\omega t + k…

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