state and example the principle of superposition of waves
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Waves surround us and their presence works to channelize a number of phenomena. Imagine you are in a boat and hear the siren of a ship. In this case, you’ll be able to receive sound wave directly from the ship siren, as well as the sound wave that gets reflected by the seawater. In order to understand this concept, let us put our focus on the core concept of Superposition of Waves, together with the in-depth knowledge related to superposition theorem.
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Principle of superposition of waves : The dis-
placement of a particle at a given point in space and
time due to the simultaneous influence of two or
more waves is the vector sum of the displacenents
due to each wave acting independently.
[Notes: (1) The principle of superposition is appli
cable to all types of waves. (2) The phenomena of inter
ference, beats, formation of stationary waves, etc. are
based on the principle of superposition of waves.]