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At a time when it is cloudy, there may be frequent thunder and lightning. The sound of thunder takes some time to reach you after you see the lightning. Can you answer why this happens?Measure this time interval using adigital wrist watch or a stop watchCalculate the distance of the nearestpoint of lightning. (Speed of sound inair = 346 ms)​

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e SOUND of thunder reaches after lighting , because light travels faster than sound (thunder is sound and LIGHTNING is light ) (EXTRA information: Speed of light is 3,00,000 m/s where speed of sound is 346 m/s ) Hope this helps



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