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Why is the Sky Blue? and Why does Helium Make your Voice go Funny

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Step-by-step explanation:

Usually, the sound waves your vocal cords produce travel through air in your voice box. But when they go through the helium that you've inhaled, they travel about three times faster. That's because helium is so much lighter than air. When sound waves speed up but their frequency stays the same, each wave stretches out.

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the sky is blue because of the atmosphere and helium does that because it changes the air in our vocal tract and consequently, the speed of sound waves of our voice increases resulting in a squeaky and funny tone.

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