please show complete solution with given and formulas used. Please write it on paper for me to understand it better.  If you notice that the distance between two crests of the water ripples is 2.0 cm and each crest approaches that edge of the basin every half a second, what is the frequency and speed of the wave?

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please show complete solution with given and formulas used. Please write it on paper for me to understand it better. 

If you notice that the distance between two crests of the water ripples is 2.0 cm and each crest
approaches that edge of the basin every half a second, what is the frequency and speed of the
wave?

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