Trevor and Julia were walking one night when they heard a loud crash. Trevor was convinced the sound came from directly in front of them and Julia was convinced the sound came from directly behind them. The reason they might have difficulty localizing the sound is:
a. we are able to judge distance better than direction for sounds
b. sound localization is more difficult when it is dark
c. the sound waves would have arrived at both ears at the same instant
d. the sound did not involve speech, and only speech can be accurately localized
C
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