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The diagram below shows the result of an experiment in which a sharp sound is created at the open
end of a tube
that is closed at the other end (several echoes are seen here).
One member of the lab group measured the tube to be 1.00 meters long.
A) Based upon the results of this experiment, what is the speed of sound?
B) What is the air temperature in the laboratory?
to find the air temperature in the lab, we want to apply
331.4 m/s + 0.6T℃
therefore, 331.4 m/s + 0.6T℃ = 327.87 m/s
solving for T℃ gives us
an air temperature of 5.88℃