Sound covers a distance of 2.4 km in 7 seconds. What is the speed of the sound?

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Solution

Step 1: Given
Distance = $2.4 k m = 2.4 \times 1000 m = 2400 m$
Time = $7 s e c o n d s$

Step 2: Formula
$s p e e d = \frac{d i s \tan c e}{t i m e}$ ---------- (1)

Step 3: Finding the speed of sound
Using equation (1)
$s p e e d = \frac{2400}{7} = 342.85 m s^{- 1}$
Hence, the speed of sound is $342.85 m s^{- 1}$ .

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Sound covers a distance of 2.4 km in 7 seconds. What is the speed of the sound?

Step 1: GivenDistance = 2.4km=2.4×1000m=2400mTime = 7seconds Step 2: Formulaspeed=distancetime---------- (1) Step 3: Finding the speed of soundUsing equation (1)speed=24007=342.85ms-1Hence, the speed of sound is 342.85ms-1.