The time between a flash of lightning and the sound of its thunder can be used to estimate the distance from a lightning strike. The distance from the strike is the number of seconds between seeing the flash and hearing the thunder divided by 5. Suppose you are 11 miles from a lightning strike. Write and solve an equation to find how many seconds there would be between the flash and thunder.

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Write t for the time between the flash and the thunder and d the distance. You have
[tex]d = \frac{t}{5} [/tex]
Here d=11 miles thus t=55 seconds.