You are on a boat in a fog and know there are cliffs ahead of you somewhere, but you cannot see them. you use your fog horn to s

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You are on a boat in a fog and know there are cliffs ahead of you somewhere, but you cannot see them. you use your fog horn to s

end out a blast of sound (assume the temperature of the air is 20 oc) and the time it takes for the sound to return to you is 20.0 s. how far away are the cliffs (in metric units)

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ELEN [110] · Answer 1 · 2023-09-09T19:20:39+03:00

The distance of the cliff from where you are is determined as 3,430 m.

<h3>Distance of the cliff</h3>

Apply the formula for echo.

v = 2d/t

where;

v is speed of sound at 20 ⁰C = 343 m/s
d is distance = ?
t is time = 20 s

2d = vt

d = vt/2

d = (343 x 20)/2

d = 3430 m

Thus, the distance of the cliff from where you are is determined as 3,430 m.

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