Time Elapse

The back wall of an auditorium is 28.0 m from the stage. If you are seated in the middle row, how much time elapses between a sound from the stage reaching your ear directly and the same sound reaching your ear after reflecting from the back wall?

The speed of sound in the air is 343 m/s.


1/2 of this auditorium = 14 m

1s———-343————-1s

=28/343

= .082 s

= 8.16 x 10-2 s

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