How Do You Calculate the Speed of Water Waves?

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Homework Statement



Water waves in a shallow dish are 6.0cm long At one point, the water oscillates up and down at a rate of 4.8 oscillations per second. What is the speed of the water waves?

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I am basicaly stuck becuse I don't know how to relate the oscillations to the formula. V=D/T


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