How does sonar work?

a. It measures the speed of sound by timing how long it takes sound to travel.
b. It compares the speed of sound under different circumstances, by changing temperature or gas content.
c. It compares the frequencies of the emitted and reflected sound wave.
d. It measures the distance to underwater objects by bouncing sound waves off the objects.
e. It measures the distance to objects in the upper atmosphere by timing the speed of sound to those objects.


d

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