Suppose 2 waves, identical except for the direction of travel, approach each other in a medium that obeys hookes law. At certain instants, the waves interfere constructively at all positions. suppose that the kinetic energy in eash of the initial waves is K, determine the kinetic energy that results from the superposition of both waves.

It may seem strange that the selected velocity does not depend on either the mass or the charge of the particle. (for example, would the velocity of a neutral particle be selected by passage through this device? ) the explanation of this is that the mass and the charge control the resolution of the device--particles with the wrong velocity will be accelerated away from the straight line and will not pass through the exit slit. if the acceleration depends strongly on the velocity, then particles with just slightly wrong velocities will feel a substantial transverse acceleration and will not exit the selector. because the acc