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Answer the following :

(i) Can sound travel in vacuum ?

(ii) How does the speed of sound differ in different media ?

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(i) No, sound cannot travel in vacuum as it requires a material medium for its propagation.
(ii) Speed of sound is maximum in solids, less in liquids and least in gases

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