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The velocity of the transverse waves produced by an earthquake is 5.05 km/s, while that of the longitudinal waves is 8.585 km/s.

A seismograph records the arrival of the transverse waves 56.4 s after that of the longitudinal waves. How far away was the earthquake? Answer in units of km.

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sattari [20]3 years ago

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Answer:

$d=691.71km$

Explanation:

The time lag between the arrival of transverse waves and the arrival of the longitudinal waves is defined as:

$t=\frac{d}{v_t}-\frac{d}{v_l}$

Here d is the distance at which the earthquake take place and $v_t, v_l$ is the velocity of the transverse waves and longitudinal waves respectively. Solving for d:

$t=d(\frac{1}{v_t}-\frac{1}{v_l})\\d=\frac{t}{\frac{1}{v_t}-\frac{1}{v_l}}\\d=\frac{56.4s}{\frac{1}{5.05\frac{km}{s}}-\frac{1}{8.585\frac{km}{s}}}\\d=691.71km$

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