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Sound travels at about 330 m/s in air How long would it take sound to travel 80 m.

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330 m/s also means
\frac{330 \text{ m}}{1 \text{ s}}, which is the same as
\frac{1 \text{ s}}{330 \text{ m}}.

If you take that last version and multiply it by 80 m:


80 \text{ m} \cdot \frac{{1 \text{ s}}}{330 \text{ m}} = (80)/(330) \text{ s}

80/330 ≈ 0.2424...

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