"To find the value of the resultant displacement for overlapping waves at any point at a particular instant,it is only necessary to add the values of the displacements for the individual waves." This is a statement of
A)Huygens' principle.
B)the principle of superposition.
C)Bernoulli's principle.
D)the principle of dispersion.
E)Newton's theory of light.

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The principle of superposition states that when two or more waves are present simultaneously at the same point, the resultant displacement at that point is equal to the algebraic sum of the displacements of the individual waves. Therefore, the statement "To find the value of the resultant displacement for overlapping waves at any point at a particular instant, it is only necessary to add the values of the displacements for the individual waves" is describing the principle of superposition.

"To Find the Value of the Resultant Displacement for Overlapping