

Question

(a)(i) What is an echo? (ii) State two useful applications of echoes.
(iii) Why are the walls, floors and ceilings of a recording studio heavily padded?
(b)(i) Explain timbre and overtones.
(ii) What is resonance?
(c) As a ship approaches a cliff, its siren is sounded and the echo is heard in the ship after 12 seconds. 2.1 minutes later the siren was sounded again and the echo was heard 8 seconds later. If the speed of sound in air is 340 ms\(^{-1}\), calculate the velocity at which the ship was approaching the cliff.

