1. Surface waves from a mid-Atlantic storm arrive at the Irish coast with period 15 seconds. A day later the period of the waves arriving has dropped to 12.5 seconds. Roughly how far away did the storm occur? (Assume deep- water waves, i.e., w² = gk) OD D

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1. Surface waves from a mid-Atlantic storm arrive at the Irish coast with
period 15 seconds. A day later the period of the waves arriving has dropped
to 12.5 seconds. Roughly how far away did the storm occur? (Assume deep-
water waves, i.e., w² = gk)
OD D
Transcribed Image Text:1. Surface waves from a mid-Atlantic storm arrive at the Irish coast with period 15 seconds. A day later the period of the waves arriving has dropped to 12.5 seconds. Roughly how far away did the storm occur? (Assume deep- water waves, i.e., w² = gk) OD D
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