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How long would it take for a sound impulse to travel through a copper rod 2.0 km long?

_____ s
0.057
0.57
1.75
17.5

User Rmeador
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it would take roughly half a second so base that off your answers and you could get the right answer

hope that helped


User Sean Kinsey
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At standard temperature, shear force propagation occurs at 3570 meters per second. Thus for a copper rod (assumed at ST) measuring 2 km, an impulse would cross its length in 2/3.57 = .56022409 seconds— thus approximately .57 seconds.
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