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a skipper on a boat notices wave crests passing his anchor chain every 5.8 ss . he estimates the distance between wave crests to be 11 mm . he also correctly estimates the speed of the waves. find this
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a skipper on a boat notices wave crests passing his anchor chain every 5.8 ss . he estimates the distance between wave crests to be 11 mm . he also correctly estimates the speed of the waves. find this speed.

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Answer:

64 m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

Speed = wavelength * frequency

= 11 m * 5.8 / s = 63.8 m/s = ~ 64 m/s

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