On a 28°C summer day you decide to go cliff diving with some friends. Your friend jumps first and you notice that it takes 2 seconds for you to hear them splash into the water below. With the speed of sound in the air being 348.368m/s. How high is the cliff?
To determine the height of the cliff, we can use the formula:
distance = speed * time
In this case, the distance is the height of the cliff, the speed is the speed of sound, and the time is the time it takes for the sound to reach you.
Given that the speed of sound is 348.368 m/s and the time it takes for the sound to reach you is 2 seconds, we can substitute these values into the formula:
distance = 348.368 m/s * 2 s
distance = 696.736 m
Therefore, the height of the cliff is approximately 696.736 meters.