Physics for Scientists and Engineers With Modern Physics
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Chapter 35, Problem 3CQ
(a)
To determine
The bird’s eye view of the echo.
(b)
To determine
The echo from a house with an L-shaped floor plan.
(c)
To determine
Whether you and the child will hear the echo if the wings of the house are not perpendicular, and you and the child are standing close together.
(d)
To determine
Whether the structure will produce echoes when there is a breezeway between the perpendicular walls.
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