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A wave is represent by variable Y which gives the displacement of the particles of the medium in which the wave is travelling at any given instant of time. In the same context, consider two waves y1 and y2 which superpose such that y gives the resultant of the two waves. By resultant of the two waves, we mean, that y gives the vector sum of the displacements of each of the individual wave.

Then, what is y equal to ?

vector sum of y1 and y2

When two waves superpose, the resultant wave is the vector sum of the two waves.