How far away is a train if you see the steam from it's nozzle 5sec before you hear it's sound (take the speed of sound is 331m/s)

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Jamar Phillips

6 July, 02:48

How far away is a train if you see the steam from it's nozzle 5sec before you hear it's sound (take the speed of sound is 331m/s)

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Yair Padilla · Answer 1

1655m is the answer

Explanation:

hope i am right

Smudge · Answer 2

so the train is 1655m away

Explanation:

speed of sound=331m/s

time taken=5s

distance=?

as we know that

speed=distance/time

here we have to find the distance

speed*time=distance

distance=331m/s*5s

distance=1655m