Question

What type of wave travels faster through solids than it does through gases?

Answer 1

Liquids are more dense than gases, but less dense than solids, so sound travels 2nd fast in liquids. Gases are the slowest because they are the least dense: the molecules in gases are very far apart, compared with solids and liquids.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Longitudinal waves travels faster through solids than it does through gases

Step-by-step explanation:

As we know that longitudinal waves travels through all types of mediums and the speed of longitudinal waves is given as

`v = \sqrt{(E)/(\rho)}`

here we know that

E = elasticity of the medium

`\rho` = density of the medium

now here we know that elasticity of solids is much more than the elasticity of gases

So the speed of longitudinal waves in solids is more than the speed of waves in gases