SOLUTION: a gun is fired from a distance of 1.2 km from a hill . The echo of the sound is heard back at the same place after 8 seconds find the velocity of sound??

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Question 636394: a gun is fired from a distance of 1.2 km from a hill . The echo of the sound is heard back at the same place after 8 seconds find the velocity of sound??

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a gun is fired from a distance of 1.2 km from a hill .
The echo of the sound is heard back at the same place after 8 seconds
find the velocity of sound??
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change 1.2 km to 1200 meters, round trip will be 2400 meters
2400%2F8 = 300 m/sec is the speed of sound