In Melde's experiment (vibrating string), the stationary wave is set up by:

  1. two separate vibrators
  2. wind
  3. sound from a loudspeaker
  4. waves reflected from the fixed end overlapping the incident waves
Answer

D) waves reflected from the fixed end overlapping the incident waves

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