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Two pulses travel in mutually opposite directions in a string with a speed of `2.5 cm//s` as shown in the figure. Initially the pulses are `10 cm` apart. What will be the state of the string after two seconds?

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C
After t = 2 sec
The two pulses will meet in mutually opposite phase.
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