A ship emits a short sound pulse straight downwards and detects the echo after

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A ship emits a short sound pulse straight downwards and detects the echo after 1.6 s1.6\,\text{s}. In the formula d=vt2d=\dfrac{v t}{2} used to find dd, the distance dd stands for (a) the wavelength of the emitted sound pulse in water (b) the total round-trip distance covered by the pulse (c) the depth of the sea bed below the ship (d) the horizontal distance travelled by the pulse

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