How far is the earthquake's epicenter from the measuring station

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At an earthquake measuring station the waves that arrive first come at a speed of 4 km/s and the waves that come second arrive at a speed of 1 km/s.  If the time delay between the two waves is 5 seconds.  How far is the earthquake's epicenter from the measuring station (round the answer to two decimal places)

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