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A swimmer at one end of an indoor pool shouts and hears the echo from the far wall 0.30 s later. The speed of sound in the air of the pool hall is 340 m/s. Calculate the length of the pool.

calculate: work out the answer from the data.

Give your answer with its unit

Type numbers like 0.25 or 2.5x10^-3. Put the unit in its own box, for example g, cm3 or m/s. Leave the unit box empty if the quantity has no unit.

Length of the pool
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Scope and sources

Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625 · 2026–2028 v2 · Original learning materials.

Cambridge IGCSE Physics 0625 (2026–2028): 3.4.6, 3.4.8, 3.4.9; Supplement 3.4.12. The speed of sound in air, water and steel (3.4.5) is SOUND01’s.

Apparatus, amounts and times in the experiment are illustrative. Real practical work follows a teacher-approved safety method.

Official Cambridge syllabus