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A travelling wave has speeds `50 m//s and 200 m//s` in two different media `A and B` . Such a wave travelling through `A` , gets incident normally on a plane boundary , separating `A and B`. Find the ratio of amplitudes of the reflected anf transmitted waves.

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To find the ratio of the amplitudes of the reflected and transmitted waves when a traveling wave encounters a boundary between two media, we can follow these steps: ### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Identify the given values**: - Speed of wave in medium A, \( V_1 = 50 \, \text{m/s} \) - Speed of wave in medium B, \( V_2 = 200 \, \text{m/s} \) ...
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