A person claps her hands while standing on the edge of a cliff overlooking a valley that is 688 m below her. If sound travels at 344 m/s in air, how much time later does she hear the echo from the sound?

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A person claps her hands while standing on the edge of a cliff overlooking a valley that is 688 m below her. If sound travels at 344 m/s in air, how much time later does she hear the echo from the sound?

What is the property of sound that makes the echo possible? Choose among the ones below.

Doppler Effect

Reflection

Interference

Diffraction

Reverberation

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