Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics
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Author: Douglas C. Giancoli
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Chapter 31, Problem 47GP
A radio voice signal from the Apollo crew on the Moon (Fig. 31–25) was beamed to a listening crowd from a radio speaker. If you were standing 25 m from the loudspeaker, what was the total time lag between when you heard the sound and when the sound entered a microphone on the Moon and traveled to Earth?
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