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D. You are on holiday, lying lazily on the beach at a fancy resort. You then receive an urgent call from a friend who is a pilot, calling to warn you of a tsunami heading your way. He estimates the tsunami's wave height to be 1.25 m in water 625 m deep. Given that the average depth of the sea around your resort is about 4.5 m, how high do you expect the tsunami to rise when it makes landfall? The information provided is insufficent to estimate the height. 4.3 m 7.0 m 14.7 m 2.3 m

D. You are on holiday, lying lazily on the beach at a fancy resort. You then receive an urgent call from a friend who is a pilot, calling to warn you of a tsunami heading your way. He estimates the tsunami's wave height to be 1.25 m in water 625 m deep. Given that the average depth of the sea around your resort is about 4.5 m, how high do you expect the tsunami to rise when it makes landfall? The information provided is insufficent to estimate the height. 4.3 m 7.0 m 14.7 m 2.3 m

Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
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You are on holiday, lying lazily on the beach at a fancy resort. You then receive an urgent call from a friend who is a pilot, calling to warn you of a tsunami 10. heading your way. He estimates the tsunami's wave height to be 1.25 m in water 625 m deep. Given that the average depth of the sea around your resort is about 4.5 m, how high do you expect the tsunami to rise when it makes landfall? The information provided is insufficent to estimate the height. 4.3 m 7.0 m 14.7 m 2.3 m
Transcribed Image Text:You are on holiday, lying lazily on the beach at a fancy resort. You then receive an urgent call from a friend who is a pilot, calling to warn you of a tsunami 10. heading your way. He estimates the tsunami's wave height to be 1.25 m in water 625 m deep. Given that the average depth of the sea around your resort is about 4.5 m, how high do you expect the tsunami to rise when it makes landfall? The information provided is insufficent to estimate the height. 4.3 m 7.0 m 14.7 m 2.3 m
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