A sound wave travels at 340 meters per second. How far from the source the wave has traveled after 0.50 seconds?

Tara Mayer

Tara Mayer

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2022-10-24

A sound wave travels at 340 meters per second. How far from the source the wave has traveled after 0.50 seconds?

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Finnegan Stone

Finnegan Stone

Beginner2022-10-25Added 11 answers

0.50 can also be written as 1 2
0.50 seconds is half of a second.
if the wave travels 340m every second, it will travel half of that distance in 0.50 seconds.
340 1 2 = 340 2
=170
in half of a second, the wave will have travelled 170 metres away from its source.
grabrovi0u

grabrovi0u

Beginner2022-10-26Added 1 answers

The velocity of the wave is v = 340 m s . The formula for velocity is
v = d i s t a n c e t i m e
An application of algebra will show us that
distance = v*time
Plugging our data into that last version of the formula for velocity
d i s t a n c e = ( 340 m s ) 0.50 s = 170 c m

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