Exercises for Weather & Climate (9th Edition)
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Author: Greg Carbone
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Chapter 12, Problem 4E
If you see a lightning bolt in the distance and 15 seconds elapse before you hear the corresponding thunder, how far away was the lightning bolt?
______ meters
______ miles
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