Answer to Question #335313 in Mechanics | Relativity for Nuel Fudalan

Question

In watching a transverse wave go by, an observer notes that 13 crests go by in a time of 3.0 s. If the distance between two successive crest is measured to be 0.75 m, (a) what is the speed of the wave? (b) What is its period?

Answer 1

$T=\frac tn=0.23~s,$

$v=\frac lT=3.25~\frac ms.$