A geologist is camped 8,000 m (5 miles) from a volcano as it erupts. (a) How much

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A geologist is camped 8,000 m (5 miles) from a volcano as it erupts.
(a) How much time elapses before the geologist hears the sound from the eruption?
(b) How much time does it take the seismic waves produced by the eruption to reach the geologist’s camp, assuming the waves travel through granite as sound waves do?

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Inquiry into Physics

ISBN: 978-1305959422

8th edition

Authors: Vern J. Ostdiek, Donald J. Bord

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