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QUESTION:

A bowling ball traveling with constant speed hits the pins at the end of a bowling lane 16.5 m long. The bowler hears the sound of the ball hitting the pins 2.80 s after the ball is released from his hands. What is the speed of the ball, assuming the speed of sound is 340 m/s?

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QUESTION:

A bowling ball traveling with constant speed hits the pins at the end of a bowling lane 16.5 m long. The bowler hears the sound of the ball hitting the pins 2.80 s after the ball is released from his hands. What is the speed of the ball, assuming the speed of sound is 340 m/s?

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Given data,

Length of the bowling lane:

Time taken by the person to hear the sound of ball hitting the pin:

Speed of the sound

We will compute the time taken by the sound to travel from the bowling pins to the person.

                                                 

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