A factory alarm is fixed to an outer concrete wall thick

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Problem

A factory alarm is fixed to an outer concrete wall 96 m96\,\text{m} thick. Inside the factory, an open corridor runs parallel to the wall for 120 m120\,\text{m}. When the alarm rings, a worker standing at the far end of the corridor can hear the sound arriving by two paths: directly through the concrete wall and through the air in the corridor. \newline Given: speed of sound in concrete =3200 m/s=3200\,\text{m/s}, speed of sound in air =340 m/s=340\,\text{m/s}, which statement is correct regarding the arrival times? (a) Sound through concrete arrives first, about 0.03 s0.03\,\text{s} before the sound through air (b) Sound through air arrives first, about 0.25 s0.25\,\text{s} before the sound through concrete (c) Sound through concrete arrives first, about 0.30 s0.30\,\text{s} before the sound through air (d) Both paths deliver sound simultaneously

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