Homework Help: physics

Posted by noah on Friday, February 1, 2013 at 3:38pm.

Water waves in a lake travel 4.5 m in 1.7 s. The period of oscillation is 1.2 s.

(a) What is the speed of the water waves?

(b) What is their wavelength?

physics - Steve, Friday, February 1, 2013 at 3:43pm
λ = vf
v = distance/time

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