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Which best explains why sound travels faster through a solid
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Which best explains why sound travels faster through a solid

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The spacing of molecules enables sound to travel faster through a solid (it is packed more tightly)
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Its because the molecules in the solid structures are very close to each other and rigidly packed, thus due to this quantum structure they have pretty awesome speed of sound in them
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