
Inquiry into Physics
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Chapter 6, Problem 18Q
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. You can buy a measuring device billed as a "sonic tape measure." Describe how a device equipped with an (ultrasonic) speaker, a microphone, and a precision timer could be used to measure the distance from the device to a wall (for example).
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