A bat, flying toward the east at 2.0 m/s, emits a shriek that is reflected back to it from a wall that is 20.0 m in front of the bat at the instant the shriek is emitted. Sound travels at 340 m/s in the air

How many milliseconds after emitting the shriek does the bat hear the reflected echo from the wall?


117 ms

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