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38.
Sound travels with a different speed in media. In what order does the velocity of sound increase in these media?
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Omkar said:
7 years ago
I think D is the correct answer.
Ankita Sahoo said:
7 years ago
The speed of the sound in air is v1.
Sampat said:
9 years ago
Sound velocity is depends on the density of material.
Ishant Bhardwaj said:
10 years ago
Increase in density of media increases the speed of sound in it.
Anoop said:
1 decade ago
I think sound speed is more in solid like iron so the order of speed of sounds solid, air, water.
Masebo said:
1 decade ago
Sound travels by vibration of particles. The closer the particles are to each other the higher the speed it will travel at. Since particles are closely packed together in solids, we therefore expect the highest velocity in solids followed by liquids and finally gases.
Shaban said:
1 decade ago
Velocity of sound depend on density of the medium, as density increases velocity of the sound also increases.
Stephen said:
1 decade ago
Yes @Nishtha is correct, in solids atoms are tightly packed and in gases they are loosely packed and due to these variations we could hear two consequent sounds made by the cloth washers at the water sources side.
Krishna said:
1 decade ago
Consider the refractive index of the materials, the velocity of light is increase with decrease in refractive index.
T.kavinkumar said:
1 decade ago
Solids molecules are binded closely with other molecule compard then liquid and gas. That the reason speed of sound waves is maximum in solid.
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