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A surface ocean wave has an amplitude of 0.60 m and the distance from trough to trough is 8.00 m. It moves at a constant wave speed of 1.50 m/s propagating in the positive x-direction. At t=0, the water displacement at x = 0 is zero, and vy is negative. Assuming the wave can be modeled as a sine wave, write a wave function to model the wave in 3 ways.
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