Two identical waves are traveling toward each other in the same medium. One has a positive amplitude, meaning that its peaks only go upward, and the other wave has a negative amplitude, with peaks going downward.

When two identical waves meet with opposite signed amplitudes, a peak of one aligns with a downward peak (trough) of the other. Their displacements cancel, producing destructive interference. The correct choice is destructive interference.

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