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Question 62

An ultrasonic detector is placed against the top of a layered ceramic panel. A pulse travels through the uniform upper layer, reflects at the boundary with the layer below, and returns to the detector. The detector records the following data:

MeasurementValue
Speed of the pulse in the upper layer3.2 × 103 m/s
Time from sending the pulse to detecting its echo3.75 × 10-5 s

Calculate the thickness of the upper layer.

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