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A person is standing on the beach counting the waves that come in. The person counts 10.0 waves in 68.0 s. What is the frequency of the ocean waves? HOW DO I FIND THE UNIT FOR THIS QUESTION?

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Answer: 0.14 Hz

Explanation:

We are told the person counts 10 waves in 68 s, from this information we can calculate the frequency [tex]f[/tex], which is defined as the number of oscilations or waves per unit of time. Then:

[tex]f=\frac{10 waves}{68 s}[/tex]

[tex]f=0.14 s^{-1}[/tex]

This is the frequency of the ocean waves. Now, according to the International System of Units (SI), frequency is measured in Hertz ([tex]Hz[/tex]), which is equivalent to [tex]s^{-1}[/tex].

So, according to this, the frequency of the ocean waves is [tex]f=0.14 Hz[/tex]

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