Lightning and thunder are produced at the same instant during a storm, but each travel at different speeds. Light from the lightning travels at 3.0x108 m/s (that is 300,000,000 m/s or 186,000 miles/s) so visually it reaches an observer almost instantly. Sound from the thunder travels much slower at 343 m/s. A) How long does it take the sound of thunder to travel 1.0 mile? (1.0 mile = 5280 ft = 1609 m) B) How far away is the center of a storm if the flash-to-bang time for observed lightning and thunder is 14.0 seconds?

Lightning and thunder are produced at the same instant during a storm, but each travel at different speeds. Light from the lightning travels at 3.0x108 m/s (that is 300,000,000 m/s or 186,000 miles/s) so visually it reaches an observer almost instantly. Sound from the thunder travels much slower at 343 m/s. A) How long does it take the sound of thunder to travel 1.0 mile? (1.0 mile = 5280 ft = 1609 m) B) How far away is the center of a storm if the flash-to-bang time for observed lightning and thunder is 14.0 seconds?

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