arrange the following sound waves according to speed from the slowest to the fastest: The sound waves in steel,The sound waves in cold air, The sound waves in water, and The sound waves in hot air.

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anonymous · Answer

Slowest-fastest: steel, water, cold air, hot air.

anonymous · Answer

Did you just want the answer or do you ant the method?

anonymous · Answer

the answer is fine. thank you :)

anonymous · Answer

No problem!

anonymous · Answer

Sorry, I answered this fastest to slowest :)

jamesj · Answer

You should understand the rationale however, so when you are asked this question again with different sorts of materials and options, you can figure it out from first principles.

The most important rationale is this: the denser the material, the higher sound can travel because vibrations from one atom travel more quickly to the next.