SOLUTION: An echo bounces off of a building exactly 1.0 s after you honk your car horn. How many meters away is the building if the air temperature is 20.0 0C?

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Question 1120207: An echo bounces off of a building exactly 1.0 s after you honk your car horn. How many meters away is the building if the air temperature is 20.0 0C?
Answer by ikleyn(52760)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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How many meters away = half of the distance the sound covers in 1 second, i.e. =  of 343 meters = 171.5 meters.


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