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ISBN: 9780321625922

Author: Douglas C. Giancoli

Publisher: Addison-Wesley

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Chapter 2, Problem 6P

According to a rule-of-thumb, each five seconds between a lightning flash and the following thunder gives the distance to the flash in miles. (a) Assuming that the flash of light arrives in essentially no time at all, estimate the speed of sound in m/s from this rule. (b) What be the rule for kilometers?

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