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The temperature in a room is 56 degrees celcius . What would the velocity of a sound wave be at this temperature ?

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Answer:

365 m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

The velocity of sound in air is approximated as:

v ≈ 331.4 + 0.6 T

where v is the velocity in m/s and T is the temperature in Celsius.

At T = 56:

v ≈ 331.4 + 0.6 (56)

v ≈ 365.0

The velocity is approximately 365 m/s.

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