Some common mediums in which speed of sound waves is measured are mentioned below: 1. Air 2. Steel 3. Copper 4. Water What is the correct increasing order of the speed of sound?

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Q: 24 (NDA-I/2008)
Some common mediums in which speed of sound waves is measured are mentioned below:
1. Air
2. Steel
3. Copper
4. Water What is the correct increasing order of the speed of sound?

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Science

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NDA-I

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{'sound waves': [0, 0, 2, 9], 'sound': [4, 3, 10, 15], 'speed': [0, 1, 2, 0], 'common mediums': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'order': [6, 12, 34, 35], 'copper': [1, 0, 1, 1], 'water': [65, 15, 80, 129]}

The correct increasing order of the speed of sound in the mentioned mediums is:

1. Air

2. Water

3. Copper

4. Steel

Option 1, which states that 1 < 4 < 2 < 3, is the correct answer. This means that the speed of sound is the lowest in air, higher in water, higher than water in steel, and highest in copper.

Option 2, which states that 4 < 1 < 2 < 3, is incorrect. It suggests that the speed of sound is the highest in steel, lower in air than in steel, lower than air in water, and lowest in copper, which is not accurate.

Option 3, which states that 1 < 4 < 3 < 2, is incorrect as well. It suggests that the speed of sound is the lowest in air, higher in steel than in air, higher than copper in steel, and highest in water, which is not the correct order.

Option 4, which states that 4 < 1 < 3 < 2, is also incorrect. It suggests that the speed of sound is the highest in steel, lower in air than in steel, lower than copper in air, and lowest in water