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Transcribed Image Text:A swimmer resting on a raft notices 12 wave crests pass him in 18 s. The distance
between one crest and the next crest is 2.6 m.
Find:
(a) frequency
(b) velocity of the waves?
c) period?
d) If the temperature of the air where the swimmer rest is 23 degrees Celsius, what is
the speed of sound?
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