• teft@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    My napkin math says around 1000 meters. If the rock falls for 14-15 seconds and takes 3 seconds to echo up the chamber that’s about 1000 meters either way terminal velocity and speed of sound.

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      Nerdier math puts the 14 second total time as 12s falling and 2s sound returning, for a depth of 700m. Your napkin was fairly close!

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      Thank you!

      Edit: the other acceptable answer is “deep af.” But I appreciate that you took it seriously and shared.

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      So you’re saying that you’d have enough time to sing the opening theme song to Adventure Time as you fell to your death in pitch blackness.