Answer to Question #221974 in Physics for caleb villarreal

Question #221974

A person sees a bolt of lightning strike and then 1.65s later hears the thunder. If the speed of sound in air is 343 m/s, how far away was the lightning strike?

Expert's answer

"s=vt\\\\s=(343)(1.65)=596\\ m"

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