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A Pebble is Dropped Freely in a Well from Its Top. It Takes 20 S for the Pebble to Reach the Water Surface in the Well. Taking G = 10 M S-2 And Speed of Sound = 330 M S-1. Find

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A pebble is dropped freely in a well from its top. It takes 20 s for the pebble to reach the water surface in the well. Taking g = 10 m s-2 and speed of sound = 330 m s-1. Find : The time when echo is heard after the pebble is dropped.

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Solution

Speed of sound = 330 m/s

Depth of well = 2000 m

Time is taken to hear the echo after the pebble reaches the water surface = `"Depth"/"speed"`

 = `(2000/330)` s

= 6.06 ≈ 6.1 s

Time is taken for pebble to reach the water surface = 20 s.

Therefore, the total time taken to hear the echo after the pebble is dropped = 20 + 6.1 = 26.1 s.

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Chapter 3: Laws of Motion - Exercise 3 (E) [Page 81]

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Chapter 3 Laws of Motion
Exercise 3 (E) | Q 19.2 | Page 81

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