Sound travels the fastest in which of the following mediums?

Water

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Steel

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Air

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Kerosene oil

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Solution

The correct option is B Steel
The speed of the sound depends on the medium in which it is transported. Sound travels fastest through solids, slower through liquids and slowest through gases.
Here steel is solid, water and kerosene oil is liquid and air is gas. Hence sound travels fastest through steel.

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