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Speed of sound and the temperature of the air

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Sound traveling in air at 23 degrees Celsius enters a cold front where the air temperature is 2 degrees Celsius. If the sound frequency is 1500 Hz., what is the wavelength in the warmer air and in the colder air?

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The solution explains the relationship between the speed of sound and the temperature of the air. It then computes the wavelengths of the sound in the warmer air and in the colder air.

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