You see condensed steam expelled from a ship's whistle 4.47 s before you hear the sound. If the air temperature is 20.1°C, how many meters are you from the ship?

you are 1535.35 meter from the ship

Explanation:

given data

time = 4.47 s

temperature = 20.1°C

to find out

how many meters are you from the ship

solution

we know that distance formula

distance = speed * time ... 1

and

here we know the formula of speed of sound at any temperature is

Speed of sound = (331.3 + 0.606 * T) m/s

here T is temperature

so speed will be

Speed = 331.3 + 0.606 * 20.1

speed = 343.48 m/s

so from equation 1

distance = 343.48 * 4.47

distance = 1535.35

so you are 1535.35 meter from the ship