Arrange in increasing order - Speed of sound in steel, in distilled water, in seawater and in oxygen.

Steel < distilled water = sea water < oxygen.

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Oxygen < distilled water < sea water < steel.

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Steel > distilled water > sea water > oxygen.

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Oxygen < distilled water = sea water < steel.

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Solution

The correct option is B
Oxygen < distilled water < sea water < steel.

The speed of sound decreases as we go from solid to the gaseous state because the density of particles decreases from solid to gaseous.

Hence, the correct option is (B).

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