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The crests on a long surface water wave are 20 m apart, and in 1 minute 10 crests pass by. What is the speed of this wave?
To calculate: The speed of the wave.
Answer to Problem 66A
3.33 m/sec
Explanation of Solution
Given information: The crest on a long surface water are 20 m apart. And in 1 minute 10 crests pass by
Formula used:
Calculation: In 1 minute 10 crests pass by, or we can say in 60 sec 10 crests pass by
So the number of crest which pass in 1 second is
Distance between two consecutive crest is 20m. This is wavelength
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