A girl stands 170 m away from a high wall and claps her hands at a steady rate so that each clap coincides
A girl stands 170 m away from a high wall and claps her hands at a steady rate so that each clap coincides with the echo of the one before.
a) If she makes 60 claps in 1 minute, what value should be the speed of sound in air?
b) Now, she moves to another location and finds that she should now make 45 claps in 1 minute to coincide with successive echoes. Calculate her distance for the new position from the wall.
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i. When the girl makes 60 claps in 1 minute, the value of speed of is 340 m/s.
ii. The girl is at a distance of 226.67 m from the wall when she produces 45 claps per minute.
[Note: The answer given above is calculated in accordance with textual method considering the given data]
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