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How Do Echoes Work?
An easy way to think of it is like dropping a rock into a pond and you see a circle of waves emanate out. You don't see and hear them at the same time because light and sound actually travel at different speeds. So if you're far away from someone and you clap, they'll see you clap before they hear the clap. Is that kind of the principle behind an echo? Well not exactly but we do have some questions about echoes.
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