Question

1. Use the formula S(d)=√9.8d to calculate the estimated speed, in meters per second, of a tsunami if the disturbance occurred at an ocean depth of 4,500 meters.



2. Convert the answer from question one from meters per second to kilometers per hour. (Hint: A meter per second is equal to 3.6 kilometers per hour.)

Answer 1

Answer: 1. 210 meters per second .

2.  756  kilometers per hour.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : The formula $S(d)=\sqrt{9.8d}$ to calculate the estimated speed, in meters per second of a tsunami.

1. If the disturbance occurred at an ocean depth of 4,500 meters.

Then put d= 4500 in the above formula , we get

$S(d)=\sqrt{9.8\times4500}$

$S(d)=\sqrt{44100}=\sqrt{21\times21\times10\times10}\\\\=\sqrt{210^2}=210$

Hence, if the disturbance occurred at an ocean depth of 4,500 meters , the estimated speed would be 210 meters per second .

Also, A meter per second is equal to 3.6 kilometers per hour.

i.e. 1 meter per second = 3.6 kilometers per hour

Then by unitary method ,

210 meters per second  =$3.6\times210$ kilometers per hour

=756  kilometers per hour.