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Why would it be difficult to experimentally calculate the speed of sound in the classroom with a stopwatch and meter stick?

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Sound travels quite fast and sound wave must pass through a medium, such as air.

To measure a sound in classroom you will require to measure the time it takes a sound to travel a measured distance using stopwatch and meter stick but it would be difficult because walls of classroom will create echos echos.

Echos are reflections of sounds which causes timing errors and make difficult to meausre the speed of sound.

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