30.6: General Questions

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    1. When you speak, how is the sound produced? What must happen?
    2. Why does a person typically see lightening before hearing thunder when both the lighting and the thunder travel the same distance from the same cloud?
    3. As a storm cloud approaches, you count 5 seconds between the lightning and the thunder. How far away is the storm cloud? Provide mathematical proof for your answer.

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