Science, asked by dev30169, 1 year ago

Flash and Thunder are produced simulataneously but the thunder is heard a few second after the flash in seen Why?

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Answered by sshloka003

This is because the speed of light is much faster as compared to the speed of sound. Thus the flash is observed first. And after some time we hear the sound of the Thunder.

Speed of light = 3 × 10^8 m/s

Speed of Sound = 330 m/s

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lar5j7: Flash and thunder are produced are produced simultaneously,but the flash is seen first and then the sound is heard.This is because the speed of sound in air is very less than the speed of light in air

Answered by lordourgod

this is because flash [which is also light(lighting)] is faster than thunder(which is sound) so basically light is faster than sound.

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