No Barriers:
In the tub whom didn't have any barriers, in all the tries I had putting them in different corners, the result was always the same; the waves just went through each other. Honestly what I thought was going to happen was that the waves would meet up in the middle and just burst up.
One Barrier:
In the tub with one barrier (the same tub just I added one barrier to it,) I got the same results as I got with no barriers; the waves went through each other and through the barrier. I thought that the waves would make the barrier move out of place, but then I realized that since both waves were the same strength and went in the same speed, that means that they are both pushing the barrier with the same amount of strength meaning that it won't move, if only one wave would've been pushing it then it might have moved (depending on the strength of the wave.)
Two Barriers:
Only in on of the 3 tries I had (putting the barriers in different places) did the wave not manage to somehow get through. In a different try (the second try,) only one of the waves (after 2 reflections) managed to get around the barrier. In the third try, the waves just went through the barriers.
All-in-all, I conclude that in most cases, the waves would just go through the barriers, while in the less common cases, they would bounce back.
Good job Roy. The descriptions you provided of all the observations from each part of the lab were good. The images also helped in illustrating your observations.
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