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Question
A person fires a gun and other boy at a distance hears the sound of the fire 2.5 s after seeing the flash. If the speed of sound in air is 330 ms-1, find the distance between the boys.
Solution
Distance between boys = speed of sound x time taken to reach sound
= 330 x 2.5 = 825m
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