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O-LevelPhysicsWaves5054/11 · May/June 2024 · Q281 Mark

A student claps his hands in front of a wall and hears the echoes. He claps at the same moment as he hears the echo of the previous clap. Another student starts a stop-watch on the first clap and stops it on the eleventh clap. The reading on the stop-watch is 9.4 s and the speed of sound is 320 m/s. The diagram shows the student at distance x from the wall. (NOT TO SCALE) What is the distance x between the student and the wall?

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A140 m
B150 m
C270 m
D300 m

✓ Correct answer

B: 150 m

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Waves, O-Level Physics (syllabus 5054). Multiple choice, 1 mark.
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O-Level Physics, May/June 2024 Paper 1 Variant 1, question 28.

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