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The following table lists the speed of sound in various materials. Use this table to answer the question.

Substance Speed (m/s)
Glass 5,200
Aluminum 5,100
Iron 4,500
Copper 3,500
Salt water 1,530
Fresh water 1,500
Mercury 1,400
Hydrogen at 0°C 1,284
Ethyl Alcohol 1,125
Helium at 0°C 965
Air at 100°C 387
Air at 0°C 331
Oxygen at 0°C 316
Sound travels fastest in _____.

solids
liquids
cold gases
warm gases

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it would be cold gasses because of how air at 0 is faster then at 100

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Sound travels fastest through solids.

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