Jamal blasts an air-horn to start a race. Lewis hears the horn from his house 274 meters away. Given that sound travels through air at 340 m/s, how long did it take the sound to travel from Jamal to Lewis?

440 s

0.81 s

1.2 s

66 s

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Kiera Gould

15 August, 10:35

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Moshe Hood · Answer 1

It would be 0.806 which u would round up to 0.81

Brady Hoover · Answer 2

(274 meters) x (1 sec / 340 meters)

= (274 / 340) sec

= 0.806 second (rounded)

Jamal blasts an air-horn to start a race. Lewis hears the horn from his house 274 meters away. Given that sound travels through air at 340 m/s, how long did it take the sound to travel from Jamal to Lewis?440 s0.81 s1.2 s66 s