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Speed of sound is the distance covered by sound in

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First let's define some things.

The speed of sound is defined as the distance that can travel the sound in one unit of time and in a given medium, where the speed of sound will be different in water than in air.

We commonly use the speed of sound as:

343 m/s

This is particularly for dry air at 20°C, and you can see that the time unit is seconds, then:

"The speed of sound is defined as the distance that can travel the sound in a second, and in a given medium, dry air at 20°C in this case"

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