A student lives 1.8 km from school.
Estimate the time taken for the student to walk to school.
Use a typical walking speed.
The student cycles to school instead, at a typical cycling speed.
Estimate how much time the student saves by cycling.
During a thunderstorm the student sees a flash of lightning and hears the thunder 3.0 s later.
Estimate the distance from the student to the lightning. Explain why the time taken for the light to reach the student can be ignored.