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A gun is fired from a distance of 1.2 km from a hill. The echo of the sound is heard at the same place after 7.1 seconds. Calculate the speed of sound.

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Here total distance traveled by sound = 1.2 km = 2 x 1200m
time = 7.1 sec
speed of sound = D / T
= 2400/ 7.1 = 338.02 m/s

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