The speed of sound is 332 metres per second.A gun is fired.Describe the locus of all the people on the earth's surface,who hear the sound exactly after one second?

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Solution

The locus of all the people on Earth's surface is the circumference of a circle whose radius is 332 m and centre is the point where the gun is fired.

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