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you observe that 28 crests of a water wave pass you each minute. if the wavelength is 11 m , what is the speed of the wave ?

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ANSWER:

5.13 m/s

Explanation:

First we calculate the total length, like this:


\begin{gathered} l=28\cdot11 \\ l=308 \end{gathered}

Now we divide by the time it takes, which is equal to 1 minute, that is 60 seconds, therefore:


\begin{gathered} v=(308)/(60) \\ v=5.13\text{ m/s} \end{gathered}

The speed of the wave is 5.13 m/s

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