Hyperbolas can be used to locate objects underwater. To locate a whale in the ocean, two microphones are placed
8000 feet apart. One microphone picks up a whale noise 0.4 seconds after the second microphone picks up the same noise.
The speed of sound in water is about 5000 feet per second.
How much farther from the whale is the first microphone?
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