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Lightning flashed, and after 7 seconds there was a roll of thunder. To the nearest meter, determine how far lightning flashed from us, if the speed of sound is 337 m / s.
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Lightning flashed, and after 7 seconds there was a roll of thunder. To the nearest meter, determine how far lightning flashed from us,

if the speed of sound is 337 m / s.

User Next Door Engineer
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Let’s come back to the equation of SPEED OF AN ECHO
SPEED =2XDISTANCE/ TIME
So 337*7/2=1179.5 nearest meter =1800 m away
Hope you will get it right
User Richmond Watkins
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