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[SOLVED] Distance To Center of Earthquake?
An earthquake releases two types of traveling waves, called "traverse" and "longitudinal." The average speed of traverse and longitudinal seismic waves in rock are 8.9 km/s and 5.1 km/s respectively. A seismograph records the arrival of the traverse waves 73 s before that of the longitudinal waves. Assuming that the waves travel in straight lines, how far away is the center of the earthquake from the seismograph?
I only know that (73 s * 5.1 km/s) gives me part of the distance from the seismograph to the earthquake.
Homework Statement
An earthquake releases two types of traveling waves, called "traverse" and "longitudinal." The average speed of traverse and longitudinal seismic waves in rock are 8.9 km/s and 5.1 km/s respectively. A seismograph records the arrival of the traverse waves 73 s before that of the longitudinal waves. Assuming that the waves travel in straight lines, how far away is the center of the earthquake from the seismograph?
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The Attempt at a Solution
I only know that (73 s * 5.1 km/s) gives me part of the distance from the seismograph to the earthquake.