How fast does sound travel in air and in water?

Air = 1,125 ft/s

Water = 4,748 ft/s

Depending or temperature and density.

2.0811×10^6 furlongs/fortnight in air (at 25C—it varies by temperature!)
9.32444×10^6 furlongs/fortnight for some value of water (at 25C)

yeaaa not really sure why my answer was removed, this is clearly a homework question….

Sound doesn’t travel. Only vibrational waves travel. It doesn’t become sound until your eardrum transduces the particle wave into an electro-chemical impulse. Then, and only then, do you have sound.

When I fart in the bath I see bubbles & there’s a delay on the sound. Just sayin.

What @RealEyesRealizeRealLies is saying is that, if a tree falls and in the forest and no one is around to hear it, then no, it doesn’t make a sound.

@robmandu

Corrr-ect-amundo!

Sound goes 4.3 times faster in water. The speed of sound in air is 343 meters per second (1,125 ft/s).