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QuizMultiple Choice

Sound Waves

Question 10 • Crowley Credit Recovery Physics B

Sound will travel slowest through which medium?

Answer
A
water at 55°C
B
water at 75°C
C
ice at 0°C
D
ice at –25°C

Explanation

Sound travels much faster through solid ice than through liquid water, so choices C and D are not the slowest. In liquid water over this temperature range, sound travels a little faster at 75°C than at 55°C. Therefore, sound travels slowest through water at 55°C.

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