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Ocean waves are partially reflected from the entrance to a harbor, where the depth of the water is suddenly less. What does this tell you about the speed of waves in water of different depths?

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This means that the speed of waves has a discontinuity at the point where the depth suddenly reduces, because waves are partially reflected at places where speed has discontinuities (compare this to the ropes at Figure 16.10). This ultimately tells us that the speed of water waves depends on depth of the water.\textbf{the speed of water waves depends on depth of the water.}

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