How long will it take a sonar pulse that travels at the speed of 1,500m/s to return from a sunken ship that is at a depth of 3,750m?

It will 5 seconds fir the wave to return

Explanation: Speed is expressed as v=d/t if we derive this to find t:

t=d/v =3750m/ 1500m/s = 2.5 s note it the time required for the wave to reach the sunken ship. So multiply it by 2 to to have the final time to reach back on the source which takes 5 s.

answer and explanation;

air exerts forces on falling objects near earth’s surface.

explanation:

the term 'free falls' refer to object that are falling towards the earth, in a situation in which gravity is the only force acting on the object.

for an object in free fall, the acceleration is constant (g, the gravitational acceleration), and so the velocity of the object constantly increases.

for objects near earth's surface, there is always another force acting on the object: the resistance due to the air. this force is opposed to the direction of fall of the object, and it is proportional to the velocity of the object, so as the object falls down, this force increases up to a point when it balances the force of gravity, and the object continues its motion at constant velocity (called terminal velocity). since in this case gravity is not the only force acting on the object, we are not in a situation of free fall.