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Chapter 17 Problem 5

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A man strikes one end of a thin rod with a hammer. The speed of sound in the rod is 15 times the speed of sound in air. A woman, at the other end with her ear close to the rod, hears the sound of the blow twice with a 0.12 s interval between; one sound comes through the rod and the other comes through the air alongside the rod. If the speed of sound in air is 343 mis, what is the length of the rod?

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Title Fundamentals of Physics: 9 
Author David Halliday; Robert Resnick; Jearl Walker
ISBN 9780470556535

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