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document.write( "If you are 2 miles away from a lighting flash,\r\n" );
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document.write( "Under normal atmospheric conditions, the speed \r\n" );
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document.write( "\"Time+=+%28Distance%29%2F%28Speed%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"Time+=+2%2F770\" hours\r\n" );
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document.write( "To change hours to minutes we multiply by 60\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"Time+=+%282%2F770%29%2860%29\" minutes\r\n" );
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document.write( "To change minutes to seconds we multiply by 60\r\n" );
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document.write( "\"Time+=+%282%2F770%29%2860%29%2860%29\"\r\n" );
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document.write( "Punch that into a calculator and get:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Time = 9.350649351 seconds \r\n" );
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document.write( "or about 9.4 seconds.\r\n" );
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