Question

An observer sits in a boat watching wave fronts move past the boat. The distance between successive wave crests is 0.80 m, and they are moving at 2.6 m/s.What is the wavelength of these waves? What is the frequency of these waves? What is the period of these waves?

Answer 1

The wavelength is
`\lambda = 0.80 \ m`

The frequency is
`f = 3.25 \ Hz`

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question we are told that

The distance between two successive crest is 0.80 m

The velocity is v = 2.6 m/s

Generally wavelength is the distance between two successive crest

So

`\lambda = 0.80 \ m`

Now the frequency is mathematically represented as

`f = (v)/(\lambda )`

`f = (2.6)/(0.80 )`

`f = 3.25 \ Hz`