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A hunter is standing on fiat ground between two vertical cliffs that are directly opposite one another. He is closer to one cliff than to the other. He fires a gun and, after a while, hears three echoes. The second echo arrives 1.6 S after the first, and the third echo arrives 1.1 s after the second. Assuming that the speed of sound is 343 m/s and that there are no reflections of sound from the ground, find the distance between the cliffs.

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To find the distance between the two cliffs based on the echoes heard by the hunter, we will follow these steps: ### Step 1: Define Variables Let: - \( x \) = distance from the hunter to the closer cliff - \( y \) = distance from the hunter to the farther cliff - \( v \) = speed of sound = 343 m/s ...
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