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Two pulses in a stretched string whose centres are initially 8 cm apart are moving towards each other as shown in the figure. The speed of each pulse is 2 cm/s. After 2 second, the total energy of the pulses will be

A

zero

B

purely kinetic

C

purely potential

D

partly kinetic and partly potential

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B
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