hello everyone

Could You tell me how to calculate the movement in time of thunder and lightning.

I Would like to know why thunder comes before lightning:::how do you calculate the equation of the time level of thunder to lightning

my calculation is represented as 5 seconds to 1 mile away please correct me if I am wrong

ciao ciao

adam vencato

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Lightning(the light) comes before thunder(the sound) because the speed of sound is slower than the speed of light.

the speed of light is 300,000,000 m/s, the speed of sound is about 340 m/s

The speed of light is so fast that it might as well be instant.

So the other thing you want to know is how long it takes sound to travel a mile.

well a mile is 1609 meters.

so using d = st we find that t = 1609/340 = 4.7 seconds.

so when lightning hits 1 mile away, the thunder comes 4.7 seconds after the lightning.