document.write( "Question 38636: The sound of thunder travels away from a lightning flash at 331m/s. Joe sees a
\n" ); document.write( "lightning flash, & then hears the thunder 12 seconds later. Howfar away is Joe from the lightning flash? \n" ); document.write( "

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Data:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "v = 331m/s speed of sound
\n" ); document.write( "t = 12 second time take by the sound to arrive to Joe
\n" ); document.write( "d = x distance from Joe to the lightning flash.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Above we have the data that will be used to find the distance.
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"d=v%2At\"$
\n" ); document.write( "This is the formula to find the distance given the speed and the time.
\n" ); document.write( "Using the data we have:\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"d+=+331%2A12\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"d+=+3972\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Answer: The lightning flash is 3972 meters away from Joe.\r
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