Why cannot we hear an echo in a small ro...

Why cannot we hear an echo in a small room ?

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For an echo of a sound to be heard, the minimum distance between the source of sound and the walls of the room should be `17.2 m`. Obviously, in a small room echoes cannot be heard.

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