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A child hears an echo from a cliff `4 s` after the sound of a powerful cracker is produced. How far away is the cliff from the child ? (Take speed in air as `340 m//s`) ?

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680 m
Here, `t = 4 s, v = 340 m//s, d = (vt)/(2) = (340 xx 4)/(2) = 680 m`.
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