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Consider the sound wave travelling in ideal gases of He,CH4\mathrm{He}, \mathrm{CH}_4, and CO2\mathrm{CO}_2. All the gases have the same ratio Pρ\frac{P}{\rho}, where PP is the pressure and ρ\rho is the density. The ratio of the speed of sound through the gases vHe:vCH4:vCO2\mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{He}}: \mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{CH}_4}: \mathrm{v}_{\mathrm{CO}_2} is given by

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Answer: (C) 53:43:43\sqrt{\frac{5}{3}}: \sqrt{\frac{4}{3}}: \sqrt{\frac{4}{3}}

vsound =γpργ=1+2fγHe=53γCH4=γCO2≈1.33=43 (Experimental data )\begin{aligned} & \mathrm{v}_{\text {sound }}=\sqrt{\frac{\gamma \mathrm{p}}{\rho}} \\ & \gamma=1+\frac{2}{\mathrm{f}} \\ & \gamma_{\mathrm{He}}=\frac{5}{3} \\ & \left.\gamma_{\mathrm{CH}_4}=\gamma_{\mathrm{CO}_2} \approx 1.33=\frac{4}{3} \quad \text { (Experimental data }\right)\end{aligned}

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