How many meters away is a cliff if an echo is heard 0.500 s after the original sound? Assume that sound traveled at 343 m/s on that day.

distance = rate x time

d = 343 m/s x 0.5 s = ?? meters.
But the sound had to travel there AND back to your ear; therefore, take 1/2 of the answer to fiond th edistance to the cliff.

171.5

85.75

Ah, the age-old question of echoes and cliffs. Well, let me put on my clown shoes and calculate this for you.

If the echo is heard 0.500 seconds after the original sound, and sound travels at 343 m/s, we can use the formula: distance = speed * time.

So, distance = 343 m/s * 0.500 s.

Now, my mathematical magic skills tell me that the distance is... drumroll, please... 171.5 meters!

But hey, how about we throw in a trampoline at the bottom of the cliff and turn it into a clown bounce party? Safety first, my friend!

To calculate the distance to the cliff, we can use the formula:

Distance = Speed × Time

Given that the speed of sound on that day is 343 m/s and the time for the echo to travel back is 0.500 s, we can substitute these values into the formula to find the distance:

Distance = 343 m/s × 0.500 s
Distance = 171.5 m

Therefore, the cliff is at a distance of 171.5 meters away if the echo is heard 0.500 seconds after the original sound.