Echo time changes the out-and-back path before depth is halved. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

highlighted = computed this step

Echo time stretches the round trip before depth is halved

The sound speed stays fixed; the scan changes only the echo time.

d=ct2d={c t\over 2}
Echo time rowThe selected row is a checked pulse echo ledger.outechospeed 4 m/secho time 6 spath 24 mdepth 12 maccepted

Three echo times give three exact depths

Each row recomputes path first, then halves it into depth.

ctpathd42844624124104020\begin{array}{c|c|c|c}c&t&\text{path}&d\\4&2&8&4\\4&6&24&12\\4&10&40&20\\\end{array}

The middle row is the six-second echo

The displayed depth cites the same checked row as the scan table.

46/2=124\cdot6/2=12
Echo depth from timeThe depth label is bound to half the round trip.outechospeed 4 m/secho time 6 spath 24 mdepth 12 maccepted