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 $2$ seconds, the total energy of the pulses will be
  • A
    Zero
  • B
    Purely kinetic
  • C
    Purely potential
  • D
    Partly kinetic and partly potential
IIT 2001, Medium
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