Asked by Akim

Select the statement that accurately ranks the mediums a sound wave can travel through from fastest to slowest.

gas, liquid, solid

liquid, gas, solid

solid, gas, liquid

solid, liquid, gas

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
solid, liquid, gas

Sound travels fastest in solids, slower in liquids, and slowest in gases because speed depends on the medium's stiffness (elastic modulus) relative to its density — solids are much stiffer than liquids and gases. (Example: air ~343 m/s, water ~1480 m/s, steel ~~5,900 m/s.)