General Physics, 2nd Edition
General Physics, 2nd Edition
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ISBN: 9780471522782
Author: Morton M. Sternheim
Publisher: WILEY
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The reason for the sound doesn’t travel in the vacuum.

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Answer to Problem 1RQ

Sound need a physical medium to travel, so the sound doesn’t travel in the vacuum.

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S sound wave is produced by the mechanical disturbance of gas, liquid, or solid. In this sound waves the molecules of the waves vibrate and collide each other, but still it will maintain the same average position.

Vacuum is defined as the space which contain no matter. So it doesn’t contain any particle using which the sound energy can travel. Sound wave need a physical medium to travel. Therefor it is not possible to travel the sound through a vacuum.

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Therefore, the sound doesn’t travel in the vacuum.

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