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A fisherman notices that his boat is moving up and down in a periodic way 5 points because of the waves on the surface of water. It takes 4.0 seconds for the boat to travel from its highest to its lowest point, a distance of 3.0 meters. The fisherman sees that the wave crests are spaced 8.0 meters apart.
What is the amplitude, wavelength and period of the wave? and how fast are the waves traveling?
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