Rosa and Jon were asked by their physical
science teacher to determine the speed of
sound. While walking to their dormitories af-
ter class, Jon clapped his hands, which Rosa
and Jon heard a moment later as an echo. The
echo bounced o® a building that was 250 ft
away. They knew that they could not mea-
sure the brief time for a single clap to return,
so they had a brillant idea. Jon clapped and
then started to clap as soon as he heard the
echo, and he then continued this synchronized
clapping so that Rosa could measure the fre-
quency. Rosa counted 71 of Jon's claps in one
half minute.
What is the frequency of Jon's clapping?
Answer in units of Hz.
2007-01-28
08:38:07
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