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Do sound waves allways travel at the same speed?

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Explanation: Unlike water waves, electromagnetic waves always travel at the same speed (3 hundred million meters per second) and sound waves all travel at the same speed in a given medium (for example, approximately 340 meters per second in air). The speed of a wave is related to both its frequency and wavelength.

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The speed of sound varies greatly depending upon the medium it is traveling through. The speed of sound in a medium is determined by a combination of the medium's rigidity (or compressibility in gases) and its density. The more rigid (or less compressible) the medium, the faster the speed of sound.

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