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if a floating leaf oscillates up and down two complete cycles each second as a water wave passes by. what is the wave frequency?
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User: if a floating leaf oscillates up and down two complete cycles each second as a water wave passes by. what is the wave frequency?



Weegy: If the leaf is floating on the water, it has the same frequency as the waves on the water surface.
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User: a floating leaf oscillates up and down two complete cycles in 1 s as a water wave pases by . the waves wavelenght is 10 m. what is the wave's speed

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The frequency of oscillation of the floating leaf is twice the frequency of the passing water wave since the leaf completes two cycles while the wave completes one wavelength. Therefore, the frequency of the wave is 2 Hz (cycles per second).

The formula relating wave speed, frequency, and wavelength is:
Wave speed = Frequency × Wavelength

Given that the wavelength is 10 m and the frequency is 2 Hz, the wave speed is:
Wave speed = 2 Hz × 10 m = 20 m/s
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