A fisherman fishing from a pier observes that the float on his line bobs up and down, taking 2.4 s to move from its highest to its lowest point. He also estimates that the distance between adjacent wave crests is 48 m

What is the speed of the waves going past the pier? A) 1.0 m/s
B) 20 m/s
C) 10 m/s
D) 5.0 m/s
E) 115 m/s


A

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