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A ship searching for a sunken ship sent a sonar signal and detected an echo after 5 s. If ultrasonic wave travels at 1525 m s⁻¹ in seawater, approximately how far down in the ocean is the wreckage of the sunken ship located?

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The total two-way transit time is 5 seconds, making one-way travel time 2.5 seconds. Multiplying 1525 meters per second by 2.5 seconds places the sunken wreckage at 3812.5 meters depth.

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    1. The sonar pulse completes a two-way round trip by traveling to the ocean floor and reflecting back to the ship in 5 seconds. Therefore, the one-way transit time to reach the wreckage is 2.5 seconds. Multiplying the speed of sound in seawater, 1525 meters per second, by 2.5 seconds reveals that the wreckage is located at a depth of 3812.5 meters.

       

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