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The time between a flash of lightning and the sound of its thunder can be used to estimate the distance from a lightning strike. The distance from the strike is the number of seconds between seeing the
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The time between a flash of lightning and the sound of its thunder can be used to estimate the distance from a lightning strike. The distance from the strike is the number of seconds between seeing the flash and hearing the thunder divided by 5. Suppose you are 17 miles from a lightning strike. Write and solve an equation to find how many seconds there would be between the flash and thunder.

The time between a flash of lightning and the sound of its thunder can be used to-example-1
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(b) t/5=17 , so t is about 85 seconds
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(b) t/5=17, so t is about 85 seconds

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The question is saying , the distance of the strike(17) is the number of seconds(t) divided by 5

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