Use the provided travel time graph to answer the following questions:  A) How far is City A located from the epicenter of an Earthquake if it took 4 min. for the first secondary wave to arrive to it? B) If the difference in time between the arrival of the first P wave and the first S wave to City B, was 4 min. How far is B from the epicenter? C) If you were at a location 2500 miles away from the epicenter, how long would it take for the first primary wave to arrive to your place?

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Use the provided travel time graph to answer the following questions: 

A) How far is City A located from the epicenter of an Earthquake if it took 4 min. for the first secondary wave to arrive to it?
B) If the difference in time between the arrival of the first P wave and the first S wave to City B, was 4 min. How far is B from the epicenter?
C) If you were at a location 2500 miles away from the epicenter, how long would it take for the first primary wave to arrive to your place?

TRAVEL-TIME GRAPH
Distance from epicenter in miles
1000
2000
3000
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
S-WAVE CURVE
5 min. time
interval
P-WAVE CURVE
3.
1
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
Distance from epicenter in kilometers
Time in minutes since earthquake
m2
Transcribed Image Text:TRAVEL-TIME GRAPH Distance from epicenter in miles 1000 2000 3000 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 S-WAVE CURVE 5 min. time interval P-WAVE CURVE 3. 1 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 Distance from epicenter in kilometers Time in minutes since earthquake m2
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