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The smoke from the gun barrel is seen 2 second before the explosion is heard. If the speed of sound in air is 340 ms^(-1), calculate the distance of observer from gun. State the approximation used.

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Solution :Given : Speed of SOUND `=340 ms^(-1) ,` time = 2s
Speed `=("distance travelled")/("time period")`
`THEREFORE` Distance = speed `xx` time
`=340xx2 = 680 m`
Approximation: The speed of light `(= 3 xx 10^8 m s^(-1))` is much larger in comparison to the speed of sound `(= 340 m s^(-1))`, therefore we can assume that the light takes NEGLIGIBLE time and sound takes 2 s to REACH the observer


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