Lightning travels from a cloud to the ground in 100 ms. What is the distance the lightning traveled? (Note: The speed of light is c = 3 × 108 m/s.)A.10,000 mB.3,000 mC.1,000 mD.300 m
Question
Lightning travels from a cloud to the ground in 100 ms. What is the distance the lightning traveled? (Note: The speed of light is c = 3 × 108 m/s.)A.10,000 mB.3,000 mC.1,000 mD.300 m
Solution
To solve this problem, we need to use the formula for speed, which is distance = speed x time.
Given: Speed of light (c) = 3 × 10^8 m/s Time (t) = 100 ms = 0.1 s (since 1 second = 1000 milliseconds)
Substituting these values into the formula, we get:
Distance = c x t Distance = 3 × 10^8 m/s x 0.1 s
Therefore, the distance the lightning traveled is 3 × 10^7 m, or 30,000,000 m.
However, none of the options (A.10,000 m, B.3,000 m, C.1,000 m, D.300 m) match this answer. There might be a mistake in the question or the options provided.
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