http://youtu.be/JEpsKnWZrJ8
electricity and light
1 billionth of a second (1e-9 s)
- nanosecond = 11.8 inches
- microsecond = 984 feet
- millisecond = 186 miles
- second = 186,000 miles
- nanosecond = 30 centimeters (300 millimeters)
- microsecond = 300 Meters
- millisecond = 300,000 Meters
- second = 300,000,000 Meters
Audio (at 44.1 kHz 16 kHz stereo)
- nanosecond = .000044 samples
- microsecond = .044 samples
- millisecond = 44.1 samples
- second = 44,100 samples
1 sample = 22.67573 microseconds.
speed of sound (in air)
- 340 m/s
- 761 mph
How long does it take sound to travel 10 meters?
(sound travels 1 meter in 2.9 ms)