A ship travelling towards a cliff receives the echo of its whistle receives the echo of its whistle after 3.5 seconds. If the speed of sound in air under th...

Assessment: JAMB UTME - Physics - 2020 Subject: Physics

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A ship travelling towards a cliff receives the echo of its whistle receives the echo of its whistle after 3.5 seconds. If the speed of sound in air under the prevailing conditions is 250ms − 1 , how much closer is the ship to the cliff? 
Answer Details

Difference in time = 1 sec

Echo time = 1  ÷ / 2 = 0.5 sec

Difference of cliff from ship = 0.5 x 250

= 125m

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