2006 Gauss 8 Problem 11

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?

\textbf{(A)}\ 3.0\quad \textbf{(B)}\ 3.5\quad \textbf{(C)}\ 4.0\quad \textbf{(D)}\ 4.5\quad \textbf{(E)}\ 5.0

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