JEE · NEET Previous Year Question

A particle is executing two different simple harmonic motions, mutually perpendicular, of different amplitudes and having phase difference of . The path of the particle will be:

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Answer: D. Full step-by-step solution below.

  1. Acircular
  2. Bstraight line
  3. Cparabolic
  4. Delliptical

Correct answer: D

Solution

(d) As the different amplitudes are mutually perpendicular which have phase difference of therefore, particle will follow elliptical path.

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