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A child shakes one end of a slinky forward and back 5 times each second. The compressions on it are 28 cm apart. How fast does the wave travel?
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High School (11–12)
Waves & Sound › Wave Motion
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A child shakes one end of a slinky forward and back
5
5
5
times each second. The compressions on it are
28
cm
28\ \text{cm}
28
cm
apart. How fast does the wave travel?
0.056
m/s
0.056\ \text{m/s}
0.056
m/s
1.4
m/s
1.4\ \text{m/s}
1.4
m/s
17.9
m/s
17.9\ \text{m/s}
17.9
m/s
140
m/s
140\ \text{m/s}
140
m/s
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