Physics: Principles with Applications
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Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
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Chapter 11, Problem 35P
A fisherman notices that wave crests pass the bow of his anchored boat every 3.0 s. He measures the distance between two crests to be 7.0 m. How fast are the waves traveling?
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