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Algebra Difficulty 1.0 Junior Find the answer Canada

The sound of thunder travels away from a lightning flash at $331$ m/s. Joe sees a lightning flash, and then hears the thunder $12$ seconds later. To the nearest tenth of a kilometre, how far away is Joe from the lightning flash?

(A) $3.0$ (B) $3.5$ (C) $4.0$ (D) $4.5$ (E) $5.0$

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