A student stands 165 meters away from a tall vertical wall and claps their hands loudly. If the speed of sound in air is 330 m/s, how much time elapses between the clap and the student hearing the echo?

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• A 0.5 seconds
• B 1.0 second
• C 1.5 seconds
• D 2.0 seconds

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