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A pulse of a wave train travels along a stretched string and reaches the fixed end of the string. It will be reflected back with
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Options:
  • A a phase change of $180^{\circ}$ with velocity reversed
  • B the same phase as the incident pulse with no reversal of velocity
  • C a phase change of $180^{\circ}$ with no reversal of velocity
  • D the same phase as the incident pulse but with velocity reversed
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The correct answer is: a phase change of $180^{\circ}$ with no reversal of velocity
A pulse of a wave train when travels along a stretched string and reaches the fixed end of the string, then it will be reflected back to the same medium and the reflected ray suffers a phase change of $\pi$ with the incident wave but wave velocity after reflection does not change.

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