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Consider the sound wave travelling in ideal gases of , and . All the gases have the same ratio , where is the pressure and is the density. The ratio of the speed of sound through the gases is given by
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Correct answer: C
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Speed of sound in an ideal gas
For an ideal gas, the speed of sound is where is the adiabatic index.
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Given condition
All gases have the same value of .
Therefore,
So we only need the values of for .
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Find for each gas
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Helium () is a monoatomic gas:
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Methane () is a non-linear polyatomic gas. For such gases (ignoring vibration modes), hence
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Carbon dioxide () is a linear polyatomic gas. For such gases (ignoring vibration modes), hence
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Write the ratio of speeds
Since ,
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Match with the options
This matches Option C.
Final Answer:
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