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I believe you mean "why does it matter how fast sound can travel?"
There are many reasons for why it matters to know how fast sound travels. it can help with determining the distance of a lightning storm, tuning instruments, and is helpful with ballistics.
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Which travel faster in coated glass pipe sound or light?
No matter what you do to either of them, light is always going to travel at least several hundred times as fast as sound, and most generally about 800 thousand times as fast as sound. Sound will never travel faster than light, in any situation.
Why sound travel fast in solids?
because the atoms in solid are compact it helps sound to travel fast
Explain why cant sound travel through vacuums?
there is no air in a vaccum. and sound needs air for the sound waves to travel through.
What can't sound travel through and why?
Sound cannot travel through a vacuum, such as in outer space. "Sound" refers to waves of compression which travel through matter. When there is no matter, there can be no such waves, and therefore no sound.
How fast can sound travel through a vacuum?
Sound cannot travel through a vacuum.
Should you fast travel to rivet city or stay with your dad in fallout3?
It doesn't matter. If you fast travel he will travel there with you. So if you want summary it doesn't matter.
Does sound need matter to travel?
Yes. Sound is produced by vibrating matter, such as a string or arts of the inner ear, so it cannot travel if there is no matter to vibrate.
What medium sound waves travel through?
Sound waves can travel through any matter- liquid, gas or solids. The denser the matter, the faster the sound travels. It cannot travel through vacuum- a vacuum is an absence of matter.
Why do you think sound cannot travel through vacuum?
Sound travels by vibrating through matter (solid, liquid, gas) A vacuum is the absence of matter and with out matter there is nothing for sound to travel through
In which matter does sound travel best?
in solid state of matter
Can sound travel through plasma?
yes., sound can travel through plasma because it is matter.
Where does sound travel fast through?
Oxygen
