A boy is standing on a straight road with two high buildings behind him on the same line

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Problem

A boy is standing on a straight road with two high buildings behind him on the same line. Building A is 80 m80\,\text{m} behind him, and Building B is 120 m120\,\text{m} further behind Building A. He fires a starting pistol. Take the speed of sound in air to be 340 m/s340\,\text{m/s}. (i) Find the time after firing when he hears the first echo. (ii) Find the time gap between the first and the second echoes that reach him.

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