Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Sound

Sound — practice question

A student is positioned $180\ \text{m}$ in front of a vertical, flat cliff and strikes two pieces of wood together to create a brief, loud sound. A timer shows that the echo of the sound occurs $1.5$ seconds after the pieces of wood are struck together. Using this result, what is the speed of sound?

  • A$120\ \text{m s}^{-1}$
  • B$240\ \text{m s}^{-1}$
  • C$270\ \text{m s}^{-1}$
  • D$540\ \text{m s}^{-1}$

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