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Sound waves travel better through solid than through a gas. Explain why this is true.

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Explanation: Solids are packed together tighter than liquids and gases, hence sound travels fastest in solids. The distances in liquids are shorter than in gases, but longer than in solids. Gases are the slowest because they are the least dense: the molecules in gases are very far apart, compared with solids and liquids

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solids are more tightly packed together (the molecules) than liquid or gas so it allows it to travel through vetter/faster

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