Adding sine wave with different amplitude and different frequency

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How to express the following equation into a sine wave equation ?

$$S(t) = 4 + 3 \sin 100 \pi t + 5 \sin 200 \pi t$$

I understand that, for the sine wave with same frequency and different amplitude,

I can use the formula

$$\sin (\omega t)+ A_{2}\sin (\omega t)=(A_{1}+A_{2})\sin (\omega t)$$

but how to add sine wave that has different frequency ?

Thanks!

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You can't add two sines of different frequencies. This is a fundamental limit which much of math and physics takes advantage of.

Its also the basis of the fourier transform.

To put it simply, sines of different frequencies are orthogonal.