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A man stands between two cliffs and fires a gun. He hears two successive echoes after 3s and 5s. Find the distance between the two cliffs ?

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distance of the person from the rearer cliff
d1=V×t2
=330×32=495m
Distance of the person from the farther cliff
d2=V×t2
=330×52=825m
Toatl distance beween two cliffs =d1+d2
=495+825=1320m

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