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It varies with air temperature, pressure, humidity, and density, and it's completely
different in other substances other than air.
For normal conditions in comfortable air near sea-level, I use the figure of 343 meters/second.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoThe standard (SI) unit for any speed is meter/second.
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∙ 7y agoSound travels at 340.29 metres per second in air at sea level.
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∙ 7y agoThe speed of sound in dry air, under normal temperature and pressure is 343 metres per second.
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