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It takes `2.4 s` to record the echo of a sonar. If the speed in water is `1450 m//s`, find the depth of the ocean floor.

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Here, `t = 2.4 s, v = 1450 m//s`
Depth of the ocean floor, `d = (vt)/(2)` or `d = (1450 xx 2.4)/(2) = 1740 m`.
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