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Center of the hyperbola. Also to be clearer, different points on the hyperbola are different distances from the center of the hyperbola. So how would two people on different points hear the sonic boom at the same time?

I found multiple sources that describe the hyperbola of a sonic boom as "A sonic boom shock wave has the shape of a cone, and it intersects the ground in part of a hyperbola. It hits every point on this curve at the same time, so that people in different places along the curve on the ground hear...