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An explosion occurs 340 km away. Given that sound travels at 340 m/s the time the...

An explosion occurs 340 km away. Given that sound travels at 340 m/s the time the sound takes to reach

you is

a. 1 s.

b. 100 s.

c. 1000 s.

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The distance traveled by sound with uniform speed in time is given by

  

The time taken by the sound to travel a distance of with a speed of is given by

Answer: The time taken by the sound is 1000 s.

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