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A hiker sees a lightning flash, 13.0 s later he hears the sound of the thunder.
Recalling from his study of physics that the speed of sound in air is approximately 1/3 km/s he estimates that the distance to where the lightning flash occurred is approximately
a. 4.33 km
b. 9.33 km
c. 14.3 km
d. 44.3 km
Recalling from his study of physics that the speed of sound in air is approximately 1/3 km/s he estimates that the distance to where the lightning flash occurred is approximately
a. 4.33 km
b. 9.33 km
c. 14.3 km
d. 44.3 km
Answers
Answered by
Henry
d = Vt = 0.3333km/s * 13s = 4.33km.
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