If two wind-driven waves moving from different directions came together in such a way that the wave crests overlap to form a single crest, what would happen to the size of the waves? The newly formed wave would
A) become larger than that of the two original waves.
B) become smaller than that of the two original waves.
C) triple in size.
D) be destroyed by the two original waves.
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