There is a proportional relationship between your distance from a thunderstorm and the amount of time that elapses between the time you see lightning and the time you hear thunder. if there are 9 seconds between ligtning and thunder, the storm is about 3 kilometers away. if you double the amount of time between lightning and thunder, do you think the distance in kilometers also doubles?

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Kathy Mccarty

29 July, 18:10

There is a proportional relationship between your distance from a thunderstorm and the amount of time that elapses between the time you see lightning and the time you hear thunder. if there are 9 seconds between ligtning and thunder, the storm is about 3 kilometers away. if you double the amount of time between lightning and thunder, do you think the distance in kilometers also doubles?

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Melissa Brown · Answer 1

If it is a directly proportional relationship, than yes, it doubles.

But this is not true in terms of the science of physics since sound dissipates over distance and is refracted through different mediums : 3

Ayden Brandt · Answer 2

Yes, I think so. In fact, I'm convinced of it.