How far are you from the lightning stroke

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Suppose that you hear a clap of thunder 16.2s after seeing theassociated lightning stroke. The speed of sound waves in air is343m/s and the speed of light in air is 3.00* 10^8m/s. How far are you from the lightning stroke?

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