Which one of the following situations would you expect to create the highest waves in the ocean?

Question

A. A 50-kilmeters-per-hour wind bkowing for 5 hours across a 100-kilmeter-wide area if ocean
B. A50-kilmeter-per-wide blowing for 10 hours across a 1000-kilmeter-widearea of ocean
C. A 100-kilmeter-per-hour wind blowing for 5 hours across a 100-kilmeter-wide area if ocean
D. A 100-kilmeter-per-hour wind blowing foe 10 hours across a 1000-kilmeter-wide area of ocean

Answer 1

D i guess
iam not student of geology, but logic says. i also think on full moon day tides are high

Answer 2

I'd say it's C. I don't think the number of hours factor into how big the wave is since once your wind blows, waves immediately form (but i think it factors into how long the waves last). Wave size should be propotional to wind speed, and inversely proportional to the area over which it is blowing. i.e. Wave size = (some constant) * wind speed / area. so if you name your constant X then
A => X*50/100 = .5X;
B => X*50/1000 = 0.05X;
C => X*100/100 = 1.0X;
D => X*100/1000 = 0.1X;

Hope that helps (and makes sense =P)

Answer 3

Wave height should be proportional to wind speed.

50 kilometer is close to 26-27 knots
A wind of this speed is considered a strong breeze and can produce waves to about 10 feet or 3 meters.

100 kilometer is close to 52-54 knots
A wind of this speed is considered a storm and can produce waves to about 30 feet or 9 meters.

So. This narrows down the answer to C. or D.
I assume the more time the wind blow the more it will disrupt the ocean making the answer D.

I will say, it may be C. I use the power of elimination to choose D.

Answer 4

C. one hundred-kph wind blowing for 5 hrs for the duration of a one hundred km huge part of ocean. optimum extreme wind in narrowest part of water could create the optimum waves. the launch of capability in smaller area could rigidity the main water upward. Wider one million,000 km section is bigger area for improve/dissipation of capability. Shorter waves.

Answer 5

ill go with D

Answer 6

d