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Question 23

A remotely operated vehicle is 12 m below the water surface in a flooded mine shaft. It sends a sonar pulse vertically downwards. The ultrasound has a frequency of 50 kHz50\ \mathrm{kHz}50 kHz and a wavelength of 30 mm in the water. The echo from the bottom of the shaft is detected 0.064 s after the pulse is sent.

How far below the water surface is the bottom of the shaft?

[1]
A

108 m108\ \mathrm{m}108 m

B

48 m48\ \mathrm{m}48 m

C

36 m36\ \mathrm{m}36 m

D

60 m60\ \mathrm{m}60 m

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