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by scrooge on July 10th, 2004

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How fast is the speed of sound?

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  • by Massey on July 10th, 2004

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    First, it is important to know that the speed of sound differs in different environments. Things to take into account are temprature and/or humidity. The common measure of the speed of sound at sea level is approx. 340.29 m/s (meters per second). If we want to get technical about it, it is approximately 331.4 + 0.6T m/s where T is the temprature in degrees Celcius. So for example, if the temprature is 14.8 degrees Celcius, then the speed of sound is 331.4 + 0.6(14.8) m/s = 340.28 m/s.

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