Sound and speed

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Speed equation

Speed = distance

Time

Measured in meters per second –

m/s

Distance = speed x time

Speed of sound = 340 m/s

Finding the speed of

sound

Two microphones were set up 1

mere apart

Make a loud noise

The noise traveled to the

microphone A and then to microphone B

The computer measured the

amount of time it took the sound to travel the between microphone A and B