Question

An observer sitting in line of two tanks,watches the flashes of two tanks firing at each other at the same time,but he hears the sounds of two shots 2 seconds and 3.5 seconds after seeing the flashes.If distance between the two tanks is 510 metres,find the speed of sound?

Answer 1

Answer:

3.5 - 2 seconds = 1.5 seconds. That is, the sound takes 1.5 seconds to travel between the tanks. The distance between the two tanks is given as 510 meters.

The speed of sound is given as follows.

Speedofsound=

Timetaken

Distancetravelled

=

1.5seconds

510meters

=340m/s

Hence, the speed of the sound is given as 340 m/s.

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