Determine the number of nodal line present

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The discussion focuses on determining the number of nodal lines in an interference pattern created by two students tapping their feet in a 50 m swimming pool. They generate waves at a frequency of 1.0 Hz, with a wave speed of 0.60 m/s. The wavelength is calculated using the formula λ = V / f, resulting in a wavelength of 0.60 m. The total number of nodal lines can be calculated based on the distance between the students and the wavelength.

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Using a swimming pool, two students decide to test the water by setting up an interference pattern at one end of the 50 m pool. They sit 2.0 m apart and create waves by tapping their right foot, in phase with each other, onto the water at a frequency of 1.0 Hz. The speed of the waves is measured to be 0.60 m/s. The teacher is standing at the other end of the pool watching the pattern that is created and decides to count the number of nodal lines present. What is the total number of nodal lines present in the pattern generated?
i do not know the calculation for calculating the number of nodal line but i have found the wavelength


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