Answer: When you walk with a cup of coffee (diameter 8 cm)

Chapter 11, Problem 72GP

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QUESTION:

When you walk with a cup of coffee (diameter 8 cm) at just the right pace of about 1 step per second, the coffee sloshes higher and higher in your cup until eventually it starts to spill over the top, Fig 11–55. Estimate the speed of the waves in the coffee.

                   

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QUESTION:

When you walk with a cup of coffee (diameter 8 cm) at just the right pace of about 1 step per second, the coffee sloshes higher and higher in your cup until eventually it starts to spill over the top, Fig 11–55. Estimate the speed of the waves in the coffee.

                   

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Solution 72GP

Step 1 of 3:

In this question, we need to find the speed of waves of coffee in coffee cup while walking with a pace of one step per second

Data given

Diameter of the cup

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