The principle of superposition states that
Aamplitudes of overlapping waves subtract only
Bdisplacements of overlapping waves add (vectorially)CORRECT
Call waves cancel out
Dwaves always combine to give higher amplitude
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Superposition: when two or more waves meet, the resulting displacement is the vector sum of the individual displacements.
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