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Many interesting wave phenomenon in nature cannot just be described by a single wave, instead one must analyze complex wave forms in terms of a combinations of many travelling waves. To analyze such wave combinations, we make use of the principle of superposition which states that if two or more travelling waves are moving through a medium and combine at a given point, the resultant displacement of the medium at that point is sum of the displacement of individual waves. Two pulses travelling on the same string are described by
`y_(1)=(5)/((3x-4t)^(2)+2)` and `y_(2)=(-5)/((3x+4t-6)^(2)+2)`
The direction in which each pulse is travelling

A

`y_(1)` is in positive `x`-axis, `y_(2)` is in positive `x`-axis

B

`y_(1)` is in negative `x`-axis, `y_(2)` is in negative `x`-axis

C

`y_(1)` is in positive `x`-axis, `y_(2)` is in negative `x`-axis

D

`y_(1)` is in negative `x`-axis, `y_(2)` is in positive `x`-axis

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