Research vessels at sea can create images of their surroundings by sending out sound waves and measuring

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Research vessels at sea can create images of their surroundings by sending out sound waves and measuring the time until they detect echoes. This image of a shipwreck on the ocean bottom was made from the surface with \(600 \mathrm{kHz}\) ultrasound.

a. What was the wavelength?

b. How deep is the shipwreck if echoes were detected \(0.42 \mathrm{~s}\) after the sound waves were emitted?

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College Physics A Strategic Approach

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Authors: Randall D. Knight, Brian Jones, Stuart Field

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