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Use the following Info. At sea level the speed of sound in air is linearly related to air temp. If 35 degrees Celsius sound
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Kaela
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A copper rod is given a sharp compressional blow at one end. The sound of the blow, traveling through air at -2.79 degrees
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Ashleigh
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sound travels at 350 m/s in warm air. "If you hear the echo in 10 seconds, how far away is the reflecting surface?
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lisa
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Some teenagers swiming under water hear a boat collision. They surface only to hear the same collision again 2065 s later in the
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linuxym
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How much faster does sound travel through water than through air in one second?
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Samantha
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A mountaineer estimates the depth of a crevasse by dropping a stone and listening for sound when the stone hits the bottom. The
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Ella
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What is the speed of sound in a medium where a 100-kHz frequency produces a 5.96-cm wavelength?
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Jason
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A student witnesses a flash of lightning and then t = 6.5 s later the student hears the associated clap of thunder.
Sound travels
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joe 10
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A splash is heard 3.12s after a stone is dropped into a well 45m deep.the speed of sound in air is(g=10m/s2)
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payal
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Which is the closest to the speed of sound in air?
A. 7miles per hour B. 70miles per hour C. 700miles per hour D. 7000miles per
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Derrick
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The density of a sample of air is 1.235 kg/m3, and the bulk modulus is 1.42 · 105 N/m2.
a) Find the speed of sound in the air
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Urgent
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You drop a stone down a well that is 12.37 m deep. How long is it before you hear the splash? The speed of sound in air is 343
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maria
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A hammer taps on the end of a 4.02 m long metal bar at room temperature. A microphone at the other end of the bar picks up two
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Anonymous
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A boy drops a 0.10 kg stone down a 150 m well and listens for the echo. The air temperature is 20°C. How long after the stone
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Pat
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If the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s, what
is. approximately the length of a shortest air column closed at one end that will
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d
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For long range communication an elephant uses a low frequency rumble that is undetectable to human ears. One elephant can pick
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jessica
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A 1289 Hz sound from the speaker enters a tube at point A.
It then takes two paths, ACD or ABD. Minimum sound is heard when ACD
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Tom
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You let out a shout, echo comes back and reaches you in 1.4 seconds. if the speed of sound in air is 343 m/s, what is the
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tim
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Suppose at a concert a singers voice is radio broadcast all the way around the world before reaching the radio you hold to your
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Grace
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A person, with his ear to the ground, sees a huge stone strike the concrete pavement. A moment later two sounds are heard from
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Anonymous
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A physicist at a fireworks display times the lag between seeing an explosion and hearing its sound, and finds it to be 0.800 s.
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Justin
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how long will it take the sound of the starting gun to reach the ears of the sprinters if the starter is stationed at the finish
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roger
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How many seconds will elapse between seeing lightning and hearing the thunder if the lightning strikes 2 mi away and the
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Hannah
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A physicist at a fireworks display times the lag between seeing an explosion and hearing its sound, and finds it to be 0.800 s.
(
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Justin
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A person, with his ear to the ground, sees a huge stone strike the concrete pavement. A moment later two sounds are heard from
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me
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Seawater has a bulk modulus of 2.34×109 N/m2. Its density at 5°C is 1030 kg/m3. What is the speed of sound through seawater at
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Zac
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a gun is fired at a distance of 24.3km away from man. he hears the sound after 27 second. find the speed of sound at which it
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vishal
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You hear the sonic boom of a high-speed jet plane exactly 3.10 s after it passes directly overhead in level flight. At the time
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Trace
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Your sonic range finder measures the distance to a nearby building at 20m. The range finder is calibrated for sound traveling
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Cher
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You are viewing a New Year's Day fireworks display at a distance of 1500 m. It is 4.0°C. How long does it take the sound of the
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sabeen
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How far from a cliff should a boy stand in order to hear the echo of his clap 0.9s later? (Speed of sound in air = 330 ms-1)?
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Zobo
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a gun is fired at a distance of 24.3km away from man. he hears the sound after 27 second. find the speed of sound at which it
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ak
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A Boy Stand At A Certain Distance From A Large Building And Blow A Whitle After 2.3s He Hear It Echo.He Move 50m Toward The
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DIMKA SULEIMAN
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For long range communication an elephant uses a low frequency rumble that is undetectable to human ears. One elephant can pick
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carly
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A hammer taps on the end of a 4.20 m long metal bar at room temperature. A microphone at the other end of the bar picks up two
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Gavin
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A hammer taps on the end of a 8.13m long metal bar at room temperature. A microphone at the other end of the bar picks up two
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rory
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In a lightning storm, the number of seconds between the flash and the bang varies directly with the number of miles you are from
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M
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1.How many meters away is a cliff if heard one half second after the original sound? Assume that sound travels at 343m/s on that
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robert
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A careless window washer dropped his water bucket from high up on a building. The sound of the bucket reached the window washer
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Dblaz
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An explosion occurs at the end of a pier. The sound reaches the other end of the pier by traveling through three media: air,
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danon
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March 1: when a jet flies at the speed of sound,it is flying at march 1. The speed of sound:sound takes 5 seconds to travel one
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frantz
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How much longer will it take for sound in air to travel 10km than in water
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Tim
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An observer watching a fireworks displays sees the light from an explosion and hears the sound 2 seconds later how far was the
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joy
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Two speakers send out sound in phase at a frequency of 779 Hz. When you are the same distance from both speakers you hear a
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Anonymous
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plane’s sound detector perceives the horn’s sound, the plane has traveled a distance equal to one-half its altitude above
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Jack
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Sound travles at a speed of 340 m/s how long does it take to travel 850 m
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Milly
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If Superman is flying at mach 4, 1 km above the ground and yells "Hey! Finish your test!" from directly overhead, what does it
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Gabby
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The speed of sound waves in air at 300K is 332 m/s. At what temperature will the speed be 574 m/s?
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Mini
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Now can you please tell me if I am right for the following problems:
The speed of rain is about 1,100 feet per second. If you
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giggly child
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6. The difference between the speed of sound in air at 0 degrees Celsius and the speed of sound in air at 20 degrees Celsius is
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anonymous
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Acoustics
Physics
Physics or Science
Physics/ Acoustics
Properties of Matter
Properties of matter and waves
Properties of Sound
Sound
Sound waves
Sound waves and mediums
Sound Waves and Propagation
Speed
States of Matter
Thermodynamics
Wave
Wave Mechanics
Wave Propagation
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Waves and Sound