Answer to Question #84214 in Physics for Teagan Lavelle

Question #84214

Sound travels at approximately 1500m/s in water
How long will it take a whale song to travel 100km?(dont forget to change the distance into meters.)

Expert's answer

The distance traveled by sound

l=vt

So, time

t=l/v=(100 000 m)/(1 500 m/s)=66.7 s

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