At a time when it is cloudy, there may be frequent thunder and lightning. the sound of thunder takes some time to reach you after you see the lightning. • can you answer why this happens
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It is because the speed of light is more than of the speed of sound and that's why we can see the lighting before we hear the sound of the thunder
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Answer:
Speed of Light > speed of sound
Explanation:
At a time when it is cloudy, there may be frequent thunder and lightning. the sound of thunder takes some time to reach you after you see the lightning.
Speed of Light = 3 * 10⁸ m / s
speed of sound = 332 m/s
Speed of Light > speed of sound
That's why Sound of thunder takes some time to reach us after we see lighting
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