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Angle of reflection
Angle of
incidence
EQ: How
do waves
interact
with each
other?
Reflected
Incoming wave
Wave
Law of Reflection
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EQ: How do
waves interact
with each other?
Constructive Interference
• Two waves combine to make a wave with
a larger amplitude
EQ: How do
waves interact
with each
other?
Destructive Interference
• When the amplitudes of two waves
combine with each other producing a
smaller amplitude
one another while traveling opposite directions along the same medium.