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    3. The speed of a sound wave in the air is about 1,100 ft per second. How far does it travel in a quarter of a minute?
    The speed of a sound wave in the air is about 1,100 ft per second. How far does it travel in a quarter of a minute?

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    0  Views: 2355 Answers: 3 Posted: 12 years ago
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      16,500ft

      12 years ago. Rating: 3
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        Colleen

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        Or have ROMOS do the math for you. Did I miss a step in my set up?
        commented 12 years ago
        ROMOS

        Quarter of a "minute"?
        commented 12 years ago
        Colleen

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        Nope, I see it. I put 6 seconds in a minute, not 60
        commented 12 years ago

        Edited after actually reading the question correctly :)


        1,100 ft per second.


        15 seconds in a quarter of a minute. 


        1,100 X 15 = ? 


        Do the math

        12 years ago. Rating: 1
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          ROMOS

          Only 6 seconds in a minute?
          commented 12 years ago
          Colleen

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          Just caught it.
          commented 12 years ago
          ROMOS

          No quarter of an hour in the question.
          commented 12 years ago
          Colleen

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          Ugh. For some reason my mind read quarter of an hour. Probably because 1/4 of a minute is not common like 1/4 of an hour.
          commented 12 years ago
          ROMOS

          :-)
          commented 12 years ago
          Colleen

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          I even read it the same way the second time around.
          commented 12 years ago

          15 X 4 = 60.So, a quarter of a minute is 15 seconds.So, 15 X 1,100 =16,500'.

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