A fisherman noticed that his boat was lifted by the water waves once every 2 s. He looked at the waves and estimated the length of the wave to be 6 m. He also estimated the vertical distance between the highest point and lowest point of the wave to be 0.5 m. Find the speed of the water wave.

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A fisherman noticed that his boat was lifted by the water waves once every 2 s. He looked at the waves and estimated the length of the wave to be 6 m. He also estimated the vertical distance between the highest point and lowest point of the wave to be 0.5 m. Find the speed of the water wave.

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