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Ashwin fires two bullets from the same place at an interval of 15 minutes but Rahul sitting in a bus approaching the place hears the second sound 14 minutes 30 seconds after the first. If sound travels at the speed of 330 meter per second, what is the approximate speed of bus?
         
       
      
      
      
          
      
      
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         Answer: A) 330/29 m/s         
         
Explanation: Second gun shot take 30 sec to reach rahul imples distance between two.
given speed of sound = 330 m/s
Now, distance = 330 m/s x 30 sec 
 
Hence, speed of the bus = d/t = 330x30/(14x60 + 30) = 330/29 m/s.
       
      
      
      
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