A boat sends a sonar signal to find out how deep the ocean is. It takes 10 seconds for the

signal to hit the ocean bottom and return to the earth. What is the distance to the bottom of the

ocean if the sonar signal moves at 1700 m/s?

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Aaron Jackson

Physics

28 September, 05:27

A boat sends a sonar signal to find out how deep the ocean is. It takes 10 seconds for the

signal to hit the ocean bottom and return to the earth. What is the distance to the bottom of the

ocean if the sonar signal moves at 1700 m/s?

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Malachi Meza · Answer 1

Let ocean is d meter deep

distance travelled by sound = 2d

velocity of sound v = 1700 m/s

time t = distance / velocity

10 = 2d / 1700

d = 10 x 1700 / 2

= 8500 m

A boat sends a sonar signal to find out how deep the ocean is. It takes 10 seconds for thesignal to hit the ocean bottom and return to the earth. What is the distance to the bottom of theocean if the sonar signal moves at 1700 m/s?

A boat sends a sonar signal to find out how deep the ocean is. It takes 10 seconds for the

signal to hit the ocean bottom and return to the earth. What is the distance to the bottom of the

ocean if the sonar signal moves at 1700 m/s?