Question

Max and Jimmy want to jump on a trampoline. Max begins jumping in a steady pattern, making small waves in the trampoline. Jimmy starts jumping on the trampoline too. Suddenly, Max goes twice as high even though he did not put any extra effort into jumping. What type of wave interaction is this?

Answer 1

In this case we can see that the first boy Max when he enters the trampoline and jumps creates a harmonic movement, with a given frequency. When the second boy Jimmy enters the trampoline and begins to jump he also creates a harmonic movement. If the frequency of the two movements is the same and they are in phase we have a resonant process, where the amplitude of the movement increases significantly.

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Answer 2

x_total = (A + B) cos (wt + Ф)

we have the sum of the two waves in a phase movement

Step-by-step explanation:

In this case we can see that the first boy Max when he enters the trampoline and jumps creates a harmonic movement, with a given frequency. When the second boy Jimmy enters the trampoline and begins to jump he also creates a harmonic movement. If the frequency of the two movements is the same and they are in phase we have a resonant process, where the amplitude of the movement increases significantly.

Max

x₁ = A cos (wt + Ф)

Jimmy

x₂ = B cos (wt + Ф)

total movement

x_total = (A + B) cos (wt + Ф)

Therefore we have the sum of the two waves in a phase movement