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You are operating a seismic laboratory when an earthquake occurs. Your seismographs indi...

You are operating a seismic laboratory when an earthquake occurs. Your seismographs indicate that the P wave generated by the earthquake arrives at precisely 1:55 PM, whereas the S wave arrives 5 minutes and 35 seconds later. If the speed of the P wave is 6.0 km/s and the speed of the S wave is 3.5 km/s, how far away is the epicenter of the earthquake?

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