5. a) What is an echo? What should be the minimum distance of the reflector from the source of a sharp
sound of frequency 400 Hz moving with a wavelength of 0.75 m in a medium?
b) What is reverberation? Deduce an expression for the reverberation time.
c) Consider a hall of volume V and surface area s. The reverberation time of the hall is Tā. After fixing
an extra sound absorbing material of absorption coefficient aā and surface area sā inside the hall, the
reverberation time changes to T2. Find an expression for the absorption coefficient aā in terms of V, s,
sā, Tā and T2.
(2+3)+(2+10)+3