P and S waves from an earthquake travel at

Chapter 15, Problem 15.10

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P and S waves from an earthquake travel at differentspeeds, and this difference helps locate the earthquakeepicenter (where the disturbance took place), (a) Assumingtypical speeds of 8.5km/s and 5.5km/s for P and S waves,respectively, how far away did the earthquake occur if aparticular seismic station detects the arrival of these twotvnes o f waves 1 7 min anart? (h\ Ts one seismic: station snffi-

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