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If the coast-to-coast distance is about 2900 miles, it will take about ...
... (2900 mi)/(186000 mi/s) ≈ 15.6 ms
for the signal to travel coast-to-coast at light speed.
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There are time delays due to the amplifiers and repeaters required in the path, and due to the fact that the signals don't actually travel at the speed of light in a wire.
A test of internet speed between Seattle and Washington, DC shows a round-trip time of about 87 ms when traffic is light. Modern communication channels tend to be faster than the telegraph (especially when measured in words per minute).
Answer:
The direct speeches are:
1. Beowulf understood Grendel's mother to be the she monster.
3. Everyone accused Barbara of the young man's death.
4. The wife refused to close the door because she was busy.
The Buddhist theocracy run by Dalai Lama before it was seized by China :
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