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a fisherman sees 7 wave crests go by in 10.0 s. the crests are 2.43 m apart. find the wavelength of the wave. (unit=m)

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Answer:

2.43 m

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question given above, the following data were obtained:

Number of wave crest = 7

Time = 10 s

Distance between each crest = 2.43 m

Wavelength =?

The wavelength of a wave is simply defined as the distance between two crest or trough of a wave. This simply means that we can obtain the wavelength of a wave by calculating the distance between two crest i.e

Wavelength = distance between each crest.

From the question given above, we were told that the distance between each crest is 2.43 m.

Therefore, the wavelength of the wave is 2.43 m

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