SOLUTION: The sound of thunder travels away from a lightning flash at 331m/s. Joe sees a lightning flash, & then hears the thunder 12 seconds later. Howfar away is Joe from the lightning f

Question 38636: The sound of thunder travels away from a lightning flash at 331m/s. Joe sees a
lightning flash, & then hears the thunder 12 seconds later. Howfar away is Joe from the lightning flash?
Answer by jcmtnez(53) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Data:
v = 331m/s speed of sound
t = 12 second time take by the sound to arrive to Joe
d = x distance from Joe to the lightning flash.
Above we have the data that will be used to find the distance.
Formula:

This is the formula to find the distance given the speed and the time.
Using the data we have:

Answer: The lightning flash is 3972 meters away from Joe.

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