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General Knowledge · Q462

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Competitive Exams · General Knowledge · question 462

Q462

Which one among the following doesn't have any effect on velocity of sound ?

A.
Pressure
Answer
B.
Temperature
C.
Humidity
D.
Density

Answer: Option A

Solution

Answer: Option A
Solution:
Air pressure has almost no effect on sound speed. It has no effect at all in an ideal gas approximation, because pressure and density both contribute to sound velocity equally, and in an ideal gas the two effects cancel out. In an ideal gas, intermolecular gaps are always taken to be very large, regardless of pressure.