Solution: A sailor strikes the side of his ship just below

Chapter 12, Problem 2

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A sailor strikes the side of his ship just below the waterline. He hears the echo of the sound reflected from the ocean floor directly below 2.5 s later. How deep is the ocean at this point? Assume the speed of sound in seawater is 1560 m/s (Table 121) and does not vary significantly with depth.

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QUESTION:

A sailor strikes the side of his ship just below the waterline. He hears the echo of the sound reflected from the ocean floor directly below 2.5 s later. How deep is the ocean at this point? Assume the speed of sound in seawater is 1560 m/s (Table 121) and does not vary significantly with depth.

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Speed of sound in seawater

Time taken by sound to travel down and come up

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