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In which medium would sound travel the fastest?
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A across a roomacross a room
B in a swimming poolin a swimming pool
C through outer spacethrough outer space
D through a railroad trackthrough
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D — through a railroad track.
Sound travels fastest in solids (molecules are tightly packed), slower in liquids, and slowest in gases. It cannot travel through the vacuum of outer space. For example: steel ≈ 5,000 m/s, water ≈ 1,500 m/s, air ≈ 343 m/s.
Sound travels fastest in solids (molecules are tightly packed), slower in liquids, and slowest in gases. It cannot travel through the vacuum of outer space. For example: steel ≈ 5,000 m/s, water ≈ 1,500 m/s, air ≈ 343 m/s.
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