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a set of water travels at 10 m/s, and 5.0 waves pass you in 2.0s. what is the wavelength of the waves?

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Answer:

your answer is 8.0 m

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I got this one correct on my test hope this helps

a set of water travels at 10 m/s, and 5.0 waves pass you in 2.0s. what is the wavelength-example-1
User Jarober
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Well, I think the answer would be 4 meters because the speed is in meters per second and the frequency is 5 waves every 2 seconds.
Wavelength = Speed/Frequency
I think the frequency is 2.5 waves a second but that's not something I'm 100% sure about.
I hope this helps though.
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