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You watch a distant person hammering a piece of iron at a regular rate of 1 stroke per second. You hear the sound of the hammer exactly synchronized with the blows you see. And then you hear one more blow after you see him stop hammering. How far away is he from you?

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Time taken for sound of one stroke to reach you = 1s
Speed of sound in air = 340 m `s^(-1)`
`:.` Distance from source to listener = vt = 340 m
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