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Sound waves travel at 1,500 m/s in water. The time between sending and receiving a sonar sound pulse that detects a submarine on the seabed is 0.12 s. Calculate how far below the ship the ...
It works in the same way as sonar but with radio waves in place of ultrasound. A short pulse of radio waves is transmitted and the time it takes for the reflection (the echo) to return is measured.