Sound travels faster in
A) air.
B) a vacuum.
C) water.
D) steel.
E) Sound travels at about the same speed in all of the above media.

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Sound travels fastest in solids like steel because the molecules are more closely packed, allowing quicker transmission of sound waves compared to liquids like water and gases like air. Sound cannot travel in a vacuum as there are no molecules to transmit the sound waves.

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