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Why can you hear a fire engine coming around a street corner before you can see it.?
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∙ 6y ago
There are two reasons why we can see a plane in the air before we hear it. The first reason is the fact that light moves faster than sound. Everything we see is the result of light reflecting off of an object and into our eyes, producing an image. Second, the plane might be too far. So, with that in mind, we might not even be able to hear the plane in the first place.
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∙ 16y ago
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∙ 12y agosound is faster than motion, and light is faster than sound.
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∙ 10y agoSound has a fairly long wavelength, compared to visible light; this makes it easier to go around corners.
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∙ 10y agoBecause sound travels faster than trains.
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