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DISTANCE FROM LIGHTNING STRIKE
We believe that many people at least once
in their life asked themselves a question "How close to me lightning
stroked?". We can simply calculate that. When we see lightning we start
to count seconds until we hear thunder. We multiply number of seconds with
speed of sound in air, which is about 340 meters in second. Result is exactly
what we are looking for, distance from the lightning strike (in meters).
Speed of light, which is about 300 000 kilometres in second, is ignored
because it has a lot bigger value than speed of sound.
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