A boy claps his hands and hears the echo from a distant cliff after

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Problem

A boy claps his hands and hears the echo from a distant cliff after 2.0 s2.0\,\text{s}. Taking the speed of sound in air as 340 m s−1340\,\text{m\,s}^{-1}, find the distance of the cliff from the boy. (a) 170 m170\,\text{m} (b) 680 m680\,\text{m} (c) 340 m340\,\text{m} (d) 330 m330\,\text{m}

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