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4 Waves

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Question 1

A deep-ocean research buoy is equipped with a pressure sensor on the seabed to monitor long-period swell waves.

The sensor detects the passage of 35 wave crests (pressure peaks) over a continuous monitoring period of 4 minutes and 40 seconds.

Calculate the frequency of these swell waves.

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