A baseball fan sitting in the "cheap seats" is  d = 165 m  from home plate. How much time elapses between the instant the fan sees a batter hit the ball and the moment the fan hears the sound?

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A baseball fan sitting in the "cheap seats" is 

d = 165 m  from home plate. How much time elapses between the instant the fan sees a batter hit the ball and the moment the fan hears the sound? (Assume the speed of sound is 344 m/s, and the vertical distance can be ignored.)
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