If you slosh the water back and forth in a bathtub at the correct frequency, the water rises first at one end and then at the other. Suppose you can make a standing wave in a 179 cm long tub with a frequency of 0.2058 Hz. What is the velocity of the water wave

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Diamond Pace

18 June, 11:54

If you slosh the water back and forth in a bathtub at the correct frequency, the water rises first at one end and then at the other. Suppose you can make a standing wave in a 179 cm long tub with a frequency of 0.2058 Hz. What is the velocity of the water wave

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0.37 m/s

Explanation:

Parameters given:

Wavelength of the wave = 179 cm = 1.79 m

Frequency = 0.2058 Hz

Speed of a wave is given as:

Speed = wavelength * frequency

Speed = 1.79 * 0.2058

Speed = 0.37 m/s