Physics
If you place your ear close to an iron railing which is struck some distance away, you hear the sound twice. Explain why?
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The sound of an explosion on the surface of a lake is heard by a boat man 100 m away and by a diver 100 m below the point of explosion.
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(ii) Give a reason for your answer in part (i)
(iii) If sound takes time t to reach the boat man, how much time approximately does it take to reach the diver?