Finding distance to fish from echo time 0.483 s

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I don't understand how I am suposse to solve this question using only 1 given
a) a deep sea fishing boat received an echo from a school of fish 0.483 s after transmission. How far away were the fish?
if anyone can help, it'll be appreciated
 
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