Answer
$v = 1435~m/s$
Work Step by Step
We can find the speed of sound in mercury:
$v = \sqrt{\frac{B}{\rho}}$
$v = \sqrt{\frac{2.8\times 10^{10}~Pa}{1.36\times 10^4~kg/m^3}}$
$v = 1435~m/s$
College Physics (4th Edition)
by Giambattista, Alan; Richardson, Betty; Richardson, Robert
Published by
McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10:
0073512141
ISBN 13:
978-0-07351-214-3
Chapter 12 - Problems - Page 462: 10
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