Exercises 4.5:Pulse propagation

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4.5.1 The figure shows the displacement vs. time for an atom some distance from the point at which a pulse was launched. The two curves correspond to two different widths for the initial pulses, both of which were Gaussian in shape.

A) Why are the two signals so different in form?

B) Which pulse was initially narrower?