we often talk about the speed of sound and the speed of light. sound and light are two different types of waves. what do you think we mean when we talk about the ""speed"" of a wave?

To compare speeds speeds of wagons we will use second newton's law. it states: f = m * ahere we can see that force depends on the acceleration. if we know acceleration for both wagons we can compare them to make conclusion of speeds of wagons.we have: m1 = 10lbm2 = 20lbf1 = 2*f2also: m2 = 2*m1for bill we have equation: f1 = m1 * a1for tom we have equation: f2 = m2 * a2after inserting identities we have: 2*f2 =m1 * a1f2 = 2*m1 * a2in order to make conclusions about speeds we will solve these equations for a and find their ratio: a1 = 2f2 / m1a2 = f2 / 2m1a1 / a2 = (2f2/m1) / (f2/2m1)a1 / a2 = (2f2*2m1) / (m1*f2)a1 / a2 = (4f2m1) / (m1f2)a1 / a2 = 4this ratio is bigger than 1 and this means that a1 is greater than a2. a1 is 4 times greater than a2. speed of bill's wagon is 4 times greater than speed of tom's wagon.