TITLE: What is the fundamental period of cos(4t) + sin(6t)?
QUESTION [0 upvotes]: What is the fundamental period of $\cos(4t) + \sin(6t)$?

How to find it? I tried doing it by using $T_1M_1=T_2M_2$ and got $12$ but my textbook is saying it it $\pi$.

REPLY [1 votes]: The fundamental period is the l.c.m.  (in $\mathbf Q\pi$) of the fundamental periods of the terms, $\dfrac{2\pi}4$ and $\dfrac{2\pi}6$, i. e.
$$\pi\operatorname{lcm}\Bigl(\frac12,\frac13\Bigr)=\pi\frac1{\gcd(2,3)}=\pi. $$
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