Demonstrate that when two harmonic oscillations are added, the time-averaged energy of the resultant oscillation is equal

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Demonstrate that when two harmonic oscillations are added, the time-averaged energy of the resultant oscillation is equal to the sum of the energies of the constituent oscillations, if both of them
(a) Have the same direction and are incoherent, and all the values of the phase difference between the oscillations are equally probable;
(b) Are mutually perpendicular, have the same frequency and an arbitrary phase difference.
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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0321696724

12th edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward

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