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if you see lightning and then 3 seconds later you here the thunder how many yards are you from the lightning are you
8 years ago

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Scott
the speed of sound in air is
... 375 yd/s (approx)

the speed of light is relatively instantaneous

3 * 375 = ?
8 years ago

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