You are doing a hydrographic survey by the Sand Heads Light, off the mouth of the Fraser River in very silty green water. You lower a bar to check its reflection and calibrate your sounder. You find that the fresh river water has dropped the speed of sound to 1483 m/sec. If the bottom registers at 15 milliseconds (0.015 sec), how deep is the top of the Fraser delta? Use the equation: depth (m) =
A) 2250 m
B) 11.12 m
C) 22.25 m
D) 11.25 m

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Depth (m) = speed of sound (m/sec) x time (sec) / 2= 1483 m/sec x 0.015 sec / 2= 11.12 m

You Are Doing a Hydrographic Survey by the Sand Heads