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Two children are at opposite ends of an aluminium rod. One strikes the end of the rod with a stone. Find the ratio of times taken by the sound wave in air and in aluminium to reach the second child. Velocity of sound in air and aluminium is `340 ms^-1` and `6420 ms^-1` respectively.

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