Asked by Dakota

Johnny was playing baseball with his friends and they noticed a bolt of lightning. They heard thunder seven seconds later. How far away is the storm?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Sound travels about 343 m/s (at ~20°C). In 7 s it goes

d = 343 m/s × 7 s ≈ 2,401 m ≈ 2.4 km.

That's about 1.5 miles (rule of thumb: ~5 s per mile ⇒ 7 s ≈ 1.4–1.5 miles).