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  • 26-08-2022
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When lightning strikes, you see the light almost instantly, but the thunder reaches you later. As a rule of thumb, sound travels about one mile in 5 seconds. If one mile is about 1600 m, what is the approximate speed of sound in meters per second? What is the speed of sound in miles per hour?



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