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What would happen to the speed of sound at a very high altitude?
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∙ 11y ago
the speed of the sound at high altitude would be very slow.
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What factor will increase the speed of a sound wave in the air?
Speed of sound would increase as the temperature of the air increases Speed of sound increases as humidity of air increases Speed of sound is affected by the density of the air. As density increases velocity of sound decreases
What is the speed of electricity or lightning compared to the speed of sound and light?
The speed of lightning is somewhere between that of light and sound which is why most scientists would agree that the speed of light and the speed of sound make a good comparison to that of lightning and electricity.
How is the speed of sound is affected by temperature?
To find the speed of sound at any temperature there is a formula used: velocity = 331 + .6T T would be the temperature you input, then the velocity would equal the speed of sound at that temperature. The speed of sound is affected by temperature, however the speed of light is not.
If the speed of sound depended on frequency how would distant music sound?
it would press seven and then die :\
What is the name of speed of sound?
The speed of sound is a Mach. 1 Mach for a particular medium is the distance that sound would travel through that medium in 1 second.
Two planes are flying at the speed of sound Plane X is flying at an altitude of 6000 feet and plane Y is flying at an altitude of 15000 feet which is flying faster?
As altitude increases (to about 35,000 ft) air density, pressure and temperature all drop. As density decreases speed of sound increases, but with drop in pressure it drops; these two practically cancel each other out. As temperature drops, speed of sound drops. Thus at 15,000 ft the speed of sound is slower than at 6,000 ft so plane X is flying faster than plane Y.
What speed is Mach 2.5?
Mach is a unit of speed based on the speed of sound (which varies with altitude and pressure). Mach 1 is the speed of sound, 340.29 m/sec or about 761.2 mph at sea level. Mach 2.5 would be 2.5 times as fast, or about 1900 mph.
What would happen if the diaphragm of a speaker exceeded the sound barrier?
Exceeding the sound barrier refers to speed of travel, not loudness of sound. A speaker cannot "exceed the sound barrier".
What would happen first hear a gun shot or see a gun shot?
See it- speed of light, then hear it- speed of sound is MUCH slower.
What would happen if could make sound move at the speed of light?
First of all, how would you go about to do that? I don't think that is even possible.
How long would it take to get to mars traveling at the speed of sound?
The speed of sound is only 768mph.
How many miles per hour is mach 8?
Mach is not an absolute speed but a relative speed. The Mach value of an object is the ratio of the speed fo the object travelling through a medium to the speed of sound travelling through the same medium. Now sound travels faster in denser mediums so the speed of sound in [dense]air at sea level is greater than the speed of sound at high altitude. So Mach 2 in the air at sea level is faster than Mach 2 at high altitude. But Mach 2 under water is very much faster. However, most people are ignorant about the proper meaning of Mach and assume that it is simply related to the speed of sound at sea level at normal temperature/pressure/humidity - approximately 760 miles per hour. In that case Mach 8 would be 6080 mph.
Does speed of sound through air increase when it hits water?
No why would the speed of sound will stay the same
Seeming as the speed of sound in air speeds up if the temperature rises therefore how hot would you have to heat the air up until the speed of sound through that air is equal to the speed of light?
It never would. Sound is vibration through some physical medium; the speed of sound is related to the speed of the vibrations. No physical medium can move at the speed of light, so the speed of sound could never get there.
What factor will increase the speed of a sound wave in the air?
Speed of sound would increase as the temperature of the air increases Speed of sound increases as humidity of air increases Speed of sound is affected by the density of the air. As density increases velocity of sound decreases
What is 96mach?
0.96 mach is 96% the speed of sound. Mach 96 would be 96 times the speed of sound.
How long would it take at the speed of sound to travel 1 light year?
at the speed of sound, 768 mph, it would take 891,837 years.
