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The speed of sound in seawater is approximately 1480 m/s. Youare at a depth of 50.0m a. You ping the ocean bottom and receivethe echo back 0.125 seconds later. How deep is the ocean at thispoint? b. If the frequency of the sound is 500.0 Hz, what is thewavelength of the sound? c. The ping coming back to the submarinehas an intensity of as -80.0 dB. What is the intensity of thereturning sound wave? d. Use the distance in part (b) and theanswer in (c) to find the power of the reflected sound.

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aLet the depth of the ocean be H Then the time required for thesound to travel from the observer to the bottom of the ocean andcome back to    See Answer
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