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You see lightning a bolt in the sky.You hear a clap of thunder 3 seconds later.The soung travels at a speed of 330m/s.How far away was the lightning?

User Yoogeeks
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you have to use a formula D=VT Hope that helps!! Sound takes about 4.6 seconds to travel one mile it somewhere from 3000 to 4000 feet away i think it 4133 feet away tho

i was never good at this tho


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the lighting should be 390 m away
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