You are in a rowboat on a lake and a speed boat passes you. your boat starts to bob up and down.?

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You are in a rowboat on a lake and a speed boat passes you. your boat starts to bob up and down.?

You are in a rowboat on a lake and a speed boat passes you. your boat starts to bob up and down. you observe that you bob every .d seconds and the waves are 2.5 m apart. what is the wave speed?

2007-08-10 10:39:29 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics

2 answers

(2.5/.d) m/s

2007-08-10 12:14:48 · answer #1 · answered by Helmut 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Don't know, but the speed boat should get a ticket.

2007-08-10 10:50:58 · answer #2 · answered by William R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋