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Place the following in order according to how fast sound travels through them: Gas, Liquid, Solid, Vacuum.

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Answer:

Solids - fastest

Liquids - faster

Gases - slowest

Vacuum - Not at all

Step-by-step explanation:

Sound waves have different speed in different mediums because:

different mediums have different densities so that's why speed is different (because speed of sound depends on density of mediums).

User Singingfish
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Answer:

1Vacuum, 2Gas, 3Liquid, 4Solid.

Step-by-step explanation:

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