Question

When two displacements represented by y₁ = asin(ωt) andy₂ = b cos(ωt) are superimposed the motion is: (a) simple harmonic with amplitude $\frac{a}{b}$(b) simple harmonic with amplitude $\sqrt{a^{2}+b^{2}}$(c) $\frac{(a+b)}{2}$(d) not a simple harmonic

Answer 1

the correct is option b