A sound travels 2040 m in water, where its speed is 1500 m/s…

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A sound travels $2040\ \text{m}$ in water, where its speed is $1500\ \text{m/s}$ . Another sound travels the same $2040\ \text{m}$ in air, at $340\ \text{m/s}$ . Find the time in each, and the difference between the two times.

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Speed $v = \dfrac{d}{t}$ . Sound travels at about $340\ \text{m/s}$ in air, $1500\ \text{m/s}$ in water and $5100\ \text{m/s}$ in steel. In air, $v \approx (331 + 0.6T)\ \text{m/s}$ with $T$ in $^\circ\text{C}$ .

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