A cork on the surface of a pond bobs up and down two times per second on ripples having a wave length of 9.10 cm. If the cork is 13.0 m from shore, how long does it take a ripplepassing the cork to reach the shore?

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2020-10-20

A cork on the surface of a pond bobs up and down two times per second on ripples having a wave length of 9.10 cm. If the cork is 13.0 m from shore, how long does it take a ripplepassing the cork to reach the shore?

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Mitchel Aguirre

Mitchel Aguirre

Skilled2020-10-21Added 94 answers

This is a wave problem
Frequency is 2 Hz (twice per second)
Wave lengthis 0.0810 meters
speed of wave=wave lengthfreq=0.08102=0.162 ms
time=distancespeed=13.0 m0.162 ms=80.25  seconds

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