A group of hikers hears an echo 3.40 s after shouting. How far away is the mountain that reflected the sound wave? (Assume the speed of sound is 342 m/s.)

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A group of hikers hears an echo 3.40 s after shouting. How far away is the mountain that reflected the sound wave? (Assume the speed of sound is 342 m/s.)

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An echo is produced when sound waves created by a source travel to another object,reflect from the surface from this object and then come back to the sourceSo, in an echo, twice the distance is travelled by the sound waves in reaching back the source

Now, the echo is heard after a time of 3.4 sThis is the time in which the sound waves go the the mountains, and then get reflected and come back to the listeneresIf the distance between the listeners and the mountain is d,then distance travelled by the sound will be 2d

 

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