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I got this question,
A wave with a frequency of 10 hertz moves at 360 m/s.
Part (a) What is the wavelength of the wave?
Part (b) What is the period of the wave?
I treated this as a deep water wave, and used the equations,
c2 = gl/(2pi)
w2 = gk
c = w/k
to find the wavelength and period of the wave.
But I never used the frequency given (which would imply a period of 0.1 sec) and instead got a period of 231 sec.
Is there something I'm missing?
Is it possible to solve the above question without using deep water equations?
A wave with a frequency of 10 hertz moves at 360 m/s.
Part (a) What is the wavelength of the wave?
Part (b) What is the period of the wave?
I treated this as a deep water wave, and used the equations,
c2 = gl/(2pi)
w2 = gk
c = w/k
to find the wavelength and period of the wave.
But I never used the frequency given (which would imply a period of 0.1 sec) and instead got a period of 231 sec.
Is there something I'm missing?
Is it possible to solve the above question without using deep water equations?