College Physics (4th Edition)

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
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ISBN 13: 978-0-07351-214-3

Chapter 12 - Problems - Page 462: 6

Answer

It takes $~0.173~s~$ for the sound to reach the spectator's ears.

Work Step by Step

We can find the speed of sound at a temperature of $27.0^{\circ}C$: $v = (331+0.60~T)~m/s$ $v = [331+(0.60)~(27.0^{\circ}C)]~m/s$ $v = 347.2~m/s$ We can find the time it takes the sound to reach the spectator's ears: $t = \frac{d}{v}$ $t = \frac{60.0~m}{347.2~m/s}$ $t = 0.173~s$ It takes $~0.173~s~$ for the sound to reach the spectator's ears.
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