How fast does sound travel

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Sound travels 340 meters per second, thats 3 football fields a second!

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Sound moves at about 1128 per second, which is 770 miles per hour. ChaCha for now!

Aug 02 2009, 05:14pm | Source: How fast does sound travel: Science of Sound in the Sea | omp.gso.uri.edu

In dry air at 20 degrees C (68 degrees F), the speed of sound is 343 meters per second (1,125 ft/s). ChaCha!

Jul 06 2009, 08:42pm | Source: Speed of sound - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia | en.wikipedia.org

Sound moves about 1500 meters per second in seawater; sound moves much more slowly in air, at about 340 meters per second. ChaCha!

Jun 03 2009, 04:04pm | Source: How fast does sound travel: Science of Sound in the Sea | www.dosits.org

The answer to this depends on the material it is traveling through. In air, sound waves travel at around 330 metres/second

Mar 28 2009, 08:04am | Source: Van der Walt: How fast does sound travel? | van-der-walt.blogspot.com