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A slinky is stretched across a classroom to 9 meters. A compression travels along the slinky at a velocity of 2 m s . How long does it take the compression to travel the entire …

A slinky is stretched across a classroom to 9 meters. A compression travels along the slinky at a velocity of 2 m s . How long does it take the compression to travel the entire …
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A slinky is stretched across a classroom to 9 meters. A compression travels along the slinky at a velocity of 2 m s . How long does it take the compression to travel the entire 9m length of the classroom?

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it is simple. distance divided by time would make it letter c, 4.5 seconds

User Aaditya Ura
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It really doesn't matter whether it's a compression wave in a Slinky®,
or a trained frog, or a model airplane, or a baby chicken.

Time = distance / speed

Time = (9 m) / (2 m/s) = 4.5 seconds
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