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A man stands before a large wall at a distance of 50.0 m and claps his hands at regular intervals. Initially, the interval is large. He gradually reduces the interval and fixes it at a value when the echo of a clap merges with the next clap. If he has to clap 10 times during every 3 seconds, find the velocity of sound in air.

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333 m/s
When echo merges with clap the time between two claps is
`Deltat = (3)/(10) = 0.3 s`
in this time clap sound goes to wall and reflects back so we use
`Deltat = (2d)/(v)`
`v = (2d)/(Deltat) = (100)/(0.3) = 333m//s`
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