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Earthquakes generate sound waves inside the earth. Unlike a gas, the earth can experience both transverse (S) and longitudinal (P) sound waves. Typically the speed of S wave is about 4.0 km s–1, and that of P wave is 8.0 km s–1. A seismograph records P and S waves from an earthquake. The first P wave arrives 4 min before the first S wave. Assuming the waves travel in straight line, at what distance does the earthquake occur?

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Earthquakes
generate sound waves inside the earth. Unlike a gas, the earth can
experience both transverse (S)
and longitudinal (P)
sound waves. Typically the speed of S
wave is about 4.0 km
s–1,
and that of P wave
is 8.0 km s–1.
A seismograph records P
and S
waves from an
earthquake. The first P
wave arrives 4 min
before the first S
wave. Assuming the
waves travel in straight line, at what distance does the earthquake
occur?



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