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The speed of sound in air at sea-level is 340ms-1 while that of light is 300 000kms-1. How far (to the nearest meter) from the center of a thunderstorm is an observer who hears a thunder 2s after a lightening flash?

  • A.170ms-1
  • B.340ms-1
  • C.600ms-1
  • D.680ms-1
  • E.
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Exam body
JAMB
Subject
Physics
Year
1988
Question no.
#0
Type
Objective
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