A transmitter from a researcher's boat sends a signal to the seabed of waves speed 300m/s and it takes 5 seconds for the signal to return back to the boat. Calculate the depth of the sea there.
distance=speed*time
distance=300*5
=1500
1500/2 (as signal travels back and forth)=750m
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