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[Computer] Make plots of the two triangular waves of
Chapter 16, Problem 16.7(choose chapter or problem)
[Computer] Make plots of the two triangular waves of Example 16.1 (page 686) at several closely spaced times and then animate them. Describe the motion. For the purposes of the plot you may as well take the speed c, the height of the triangle at time 0, and the half width of the base all equal to 1. Make your plots for lots of times ranging from t = 4 to 4.
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QUESTION:
[Computer] Make plots of the two triangular waves of Example 16.1 (page 686) at several closely spaced times and then animate them. Describe the motion. For the purposes of the plot you may as well take the speed c, the height of the triangle at time 0, and the half width of the base all equal to 1. Make your plots for lots of times ranging from t = 4 to 4.
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
In Figure S16.7 is a subset of the requested graphs, Initially \((t<-1)\), the two separate triangles move inward from the left and right. At \(t=-1\) they start to overlap and reinforce one another, producing a truncated triangle. At \(t=0\) they overlap completely, producing a triangle of twice their separate heights, and then they start to move apart again.