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Explain how the speed of sound can be determined by the method of echo?

To hear an echo, the sound must travel from the source to the reflector and then back from the reflector to the source. If d is the distance between the source and the reflector, then 2d is the total distance travelled, and t is the time spent.

The relationship may be used to compute the speed of sound.

Total distance travelled divided by time taken equals speed.

2d / t = V