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A person on a pier counts the splashes of a wave as the crests hit the pier's support post. If 60 splashes are heard in 0.9 minutes and a particular crest travels a distance of 4 meters in 3 seconds, what is the length of single wave?

Wavelength = [Num]meters

A person on a pier counts the splashes of a wave as the crests hit the pier's support post. If 60 splashes are heard in 0.9 minutes and a particular crest travels a distance of 4 meters in 3 seconds, what is the length of single wave?

Wavelength = [Num]meters

Explanation / Answer

1 crest comes in one time period of wave

so 60 time periods have passed

(0.9*60) /60

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