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true or false the speed of sound traveling through steel is much less than the speed of sound traveling through air
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true or false the speed of sound traveling through steel is much less than the speed of sound traveling through air

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True because steel is much heavier and will make the sound travel through it slower
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This is false. Sound travels faster through steel. That is why you can see people in movies putting their ear on the railroads to see whether a train is coming. That is because they can't hear it through air, but the sound travels through the steel.
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