Which term best explains why you hear an echo?

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The roller coaster from problem #1 then tops a second hill at 15.0 m/s, how high is the second hill? 91.5 m 79.2 m 80.0 m 68.5 m

Standing side by side ,you and a friend step off a bridge at different times and fall for 1.6s to the water below.your friend goes first,and you follow after he has dropped a distance of 2.0m.when your friend hits the water,is the seperation between the two of you 2.0m or more than 2.0m? verify your answer with a calculation.