Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 20 - Traveling Waves - Exercises and Problems - Page 590: 81

Answer

$\approx 29\;\rm s$

Work Step by Step

We have a wave that moves 100 m horizontally that starts when the water depth is 5 m and ends at a shore of 0 m depth. We need to find the time this wave would take to hit the 0-m depth shore. We can imagine this as a straight line formula, since the depth increases linearly, as seen in the graph below, at which $y=mx+b$ where $y=d$, $m={\rm solpe}=\dfrac{5}{100}=0.05$, and $b=0$ Thus, $$d=0.05x\tag 1$$ Recalling that the speed of this kind of waves is given by $$v=\sqrt{gd}$$ where $v=dx/dt$ Plugging $d$ from (1); $$\dfrac{dx}{dt}=\sqrt{g(0.05x)}$$ And to find the time the wave takes $t$ $$dt=\dfrac{dx}{\sqrt{g(0.05x)}}$$ integrating both sides; $$\int_0^tdt=\int_0^{x}\dfrac{dx}{\sqrt{g(0.05x)}}$$ $$t=\frac{1}{\sqrt{0.05g}}\int_0^{x}x^{-\frac{1}{2}}dx=\frac{2\sqrt{x}}{\sqrt{0.05g}}\bigg|_0^{100}$$ $$t =\frac{2\sqrt{100}}{\sqrt{0.05(9.8)}}-0=\color{red}{\bf 28.6}\;\rm s$$
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