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a summer thunderstorm has begun! it’s raining. lighting cracks through air. a few seconds later you hear booms of thunder. why do you see the lighting before you hear the thunder?

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Lightning comes before sound, other wise said, light travels faster than sound

Hope this helps.


User Mohammad Heydari
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Light travels faster than sound
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