A hunter is standing on flat ground between two vertical cliffs that are directly opposite one another.

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A hunter is standing on flat ground between two vertical cliffs that are directly opposite one another. He is closer to one cliff than to the other. He fires a gun and, after a while, hears three echoes. The second echo arrives 1.6 s after the first, and the third echo arrives 1.1 s after the second. Assuming that the speed of sound is 343 m/s and that there are no reflections of sound from the ground, find the distance between the cliffs.


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Physics

ISBN: 978-0470879528

9th edition

Authors: John D. Cutnell, Kenneth W. Johnson

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