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Explaining How Temperature Affects the Speed of a Wave

Does sound travel faster in a warm room or a cold room?
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Answer:

Warm Room

Step-by-step explanation:

Sound, like any wave, is a transfer of energy from one particle to another.

As temperature rises, each particle will have more energy; they will collide into other particles more often.

As the frequency of collisions increase, the speed of which the sound wave is transferred increases.

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