Q
A survey ship receives an echo from the ocean floor after 2.5 s. If sound speed is 1200 m/s, what is the depth?
RRB Group-D
12/12/2018 (Shift-III)
2018
✓ Answer:
D
1500 m
The sound makes a round trip: depth = vt/2 = 1200 × 2.5/2 = 1500 m.