Two Fans Are Watching a Baseball Game from Different Positions

question 7

Multiple Choice

Two fans are watching a baseball game from different positions. One fan is located directly behind home plate, 18.3 m from the batter. The other fan is located in the centerfield bleachers, 127 m from the batter. Both fans observe the batter strike the ball at the same time (because the speed of light is about a million times faster than that of sound) , but the fan behind home plate hears the sound first. What is the time difference between hearing the sound at the two locations? Use 345 m/s as the speed of sound.

• A)0.316 s
• B)0.368 s
• C)3.17 s
• D)1.89 s
• E)0.053 s

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