A wave is produced from a vibrating string on a violin. Two observers are standing 20 m and 40 m away from the musician. The obs
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Answer:
1234285.7 m or 1234.3 km
Explanation:
Let the distance be , the time taken by P waves be
and the time taken by the S waves be
.
For the P waves,
For the S waves,
Equating the ,
Divide both sides of the equation by 500 to reduce the terms.
Since S waves arrive 2 minutes (= 120 seconds) after P waves,
Substitute this in the equation of the distance.
Substitute this in the equation for involving
.