Find the separation in time between arrivals of two pulses

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A hammer strikes one end of a thick steel rail of a length 8.50 m. A microphone located at the opposite end of the tail detects two pulses of sound, one that travels through the air and a longitudinal wave that travels through the rail. Find the separation in time between the arrivals of the two pulses.

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