SOLUTION: If you are 2 miles away fm the lighting flash, how long will it take the sound of thunder to reach you?

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: If you are 2 miles away fm the lighting flash, how long will it take the sound of thunder to reach you?
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Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


If you are 2 miles away from a lighting flash,
how long will it take the sound of thunder to 
reach you?

Under normal atmospheric conditions, the speed 
of sound is 770 miles/hour.



 hours

To change hours to minutes we multiply by 60

 minutes

To change minutes to seconds we multiply by 60



Punch that into a calculator and get:

Time = 9.350649351 seconds 

or about 9.4 seconds.

Edwin

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