Physics of Everyday Phenomena
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 16E
The time separating high tides is 12 hours and 25 minutes. If high tide occurs at 1:10 p.m. on one afternoon:
- a. At what time will high tide occur the next afternoon?
- b. When would you expect low tides to occur the next day?
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Why does the Moon have a greater influence on Earth's tides than the Sun does?
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Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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