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The gravitational effect of the moon on bodies of water on the earth create a simple harmonnic motion (SHM) which manifests itself as semi-diurnal tides: that is, two hight tides and two low tides in approximately one day. The interval between two high todes (or two low tides) is approx 12 hours and 25 minutes.
The tidal effect is very well modelled by SHM, for which the sine (or cosine) waves are solutions.
The gravitational effect of the sun and local geography also play a part in tides.
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What gamma waves have?
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An example how trigonometric functions are used to explain a real life occurance?
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