A Stone Is Thrown into a Quiet Pool of Water

question 25

Multiple Choice

A stone is thrown into a quiet pool of water. With no fluid friction, the amplitude of the waves falls off with distance r from the impact point as

• A) 1/r³
• B) 1/r²
• C) 1/r^3/2
• D) 1/r^1/2
• E) 1/r

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