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The displacement of a particle varies with time according to the relation

y = a sin ωt + b cos ωt.


Consider the equation,



now, let and


now putting the above in the given equation,




Now using the identity


Thus, we get,


Thus, the motion is SHM with amplitude


∴ the option (d) is correct.

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