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Comparison of speed of sound with speed of light - class-X
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Flash and thunder are produced simultaneously. But thunder is heard a few seconds after the flash is seen. This is because:
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speed of light is much greater than the speed of sound
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It is because light travels faster ($3\times10^{8}m/s$) than sound ($332m/s$) , so we hear thunder after a few second of the flash .