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A man walks towards a cliff while beating a drum at the rate of 5 beats per second till the echo of beating disappears completely. He walks at the rate of 8 kilometres per hour. Calculate the distance of the man from the cliff in the beginning if he walked for 5 mintes. (Velocity of sound in air `=350 m s^(-1)` )

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