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Question
What is sonar ? Explain its use.
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Solution
SONAR is an acronym for Sound Navigation And Ranging. Sonar is an apparatus that is used to find the depth of a sea or to locate the underwater things like shoals of fish, shipwrecks, and enemy submarines.
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