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Posted by natalie on Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 3:18pm.

if the distance between crest were 1.5 meters apart, and 2 crest pass the pole each second, what would be the speed of the wave ?

science - bobpursley, Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 3:27pm
period= .5 seconds, wavelength= 1.5

wavelenght*frequency= speed
1.5m*1/.5sec= .75m/s

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