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What is the best description of the destructive interference of light? The crest of one wave overlaps with the trough of another. A mechanical wave meets an electromagnetic wave. A longitudinal wave meets
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What is the best description of the destructive interference of light?

The crest of one wave overlaps with the trough of another.


A mechanical wave meets an electromagnetic wave.


A longitudinal wave meets a transverse light wave.


The crests of two waves intersect.

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The crest of one wave overlaps with the trough of another.

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Destructive interference occurs when the maxima of two waves are 180 degrees out of phase: a positive displacement of one wave is cancelled exactly by a negative displacement of the other wave.

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The crest of one wave overlaps the trough of another.

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