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A particle is acted simultaneously by mutually perpendicular simple harmonic motions x = a cos ωt and y = a sin ωt. The trajectory of motion of the particle will be

and


Squaring and adding the above two we get,



But


Thus,



∴ the equation of motion is a circle of radius , thus option (c) is correct.

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