In a water park, there is a wave pool with large paddles that create waves from the left, right, and center walls that surround it. In one small center section of the wave pool, the waves are much smaller than the surrounding waves. What wave phenomenon best explains why these waves are smaller compared to the rest of waves in the pool? Reflection off the pool walls Diffraction between paddles Constructive interference Destructive interference

Wave pools are artificially-designed swimming pools which generate waves just like in the ocean. They have been designed in order to imitate the movement of ocean waves. So, in order to do this, waves have to be created either by "pressurized air" or "paddles."

The surrounding waves tend to be bigger than the smaller section of the wave pool because of "destructive interference." This happens when the crest (the point with a maximum value of upward displacement) of one wave meets the trough (the lowest point in the cycle) of another wave. The result is a "lower total amplitude." The amplitude here refers to the difference of individual amplitudes.

So, this explains why the waves are much smaller in one small center section than the surrounding waves.