Physics 5054 · O Level · Sound

Sound — practice question

A man is positioned $80\,\text{m}$ in front of a cliff face. He produces a loud bang and waits for the echo. He produces a loud bang every second. He hears an echo exactly halfway between the bang that produced it and the following bang. What is the speed of sound?

  • A40 $\text{m s}^{-1}$
  • B80 $\text{m s}^{-1}$
  • C160 $\text{m s}^{-1}$
  • D320 $\text{m s}^{-1}$

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