A stone is dropped into a lake from a tower 500 meter high. The sound of the splash will be heard by the man approximately after
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Here: Initial velocity of stone 
Height of the tower 
Height of tower is given by,
(where 
is the time taken by the stone to reach water level in lake)
The time taken by the sound of splash to reach the point from where the stone is dropped is given by,
Hence, the sound of splash will be
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