A boy shouts towards a vertical cliff a distance of 250 m away and 1.5 s later hears…

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Problem

A boy shouts towards a vertical cliff a distance of 250 m away and 1.5 s later hears an echo. What is an estimate of the speed of sound from these data?

Related theory

Sound Reflection Phenomena
Waves
Reflection of sound
Sound
Echo

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