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Two coherent waves, coming from sources at different locations, move along the x axis. Their wave functions are
and
where E1 and E2 are in volts per meter, x1 and x2 are in nanometers, and t is in picoseconds. When the two waves are superposed, determine the relationship between x1, and x2 that produces constructive interference.
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