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Asked: October 14, 2026In: Class 9 Science

A vehicle is fitted with an ultrasonic distance sensor as part of parking assistance system which provides echolocation, while the driver is reversing the vehicle. It emits ultrasonic wave (about 40 kHz) which is reflected by the obstacle. When the warning beep starts sounding at a distance of 1.2 m from the obstacle, how much time is taken by ultrasonic wave to travel to the obstacle and come back? Assume the speed of ultrasonic wave in air to be 345 m s⁻¹.

The total round-trip distance is 2.4 meters. Dividing this distance by the speed of 345 meters per second gives approximately 0.00696 seconds or nearly 6.96 milliseconds, for the wave to return. Class 9 Science Chapter 10 Sound Waves Characteristics and Applications ...