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A sinusoidal incident wave, shown in black, impinges on a barrier at

. This results in a reflected wave (red) and a transmitted wave (blue), with relative amplitudes determined by a reflection coefficient

. You can also control the angular frequency

and the wavelength

with sliders. The propagation velocity of the wave is given by

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Propagating Waves