Standing at the edge of a seaside cliff

PHYSICS · Subjective · CBSE · Physics · Gravitation · Gravitation

Problem

Standing at the edge of a seaside cliff, a student drops a stone and hears the sound of the splash 6 s6\,\text{s} after releasing it. The speed of sound in air is 343 m s−1343\,\text{m\,s}^{-1}. (a) Compute the height of the cliff above the water surface. (b) Find the speed of the stone just before it strikes the water.

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