A Sculptor Strikes a Piece of Marble with a Hammer

question 23

Multiple Choice

A sculptor strikes a piece of marble with a hammer. Find the speed of sound through the marble (in km/s) . (The Young's modulus is 50 × 10⁹ N/m² and its density is 2.7 × 10³ kg/m³.)

• A) 5.1
• B) 4.3
• C) 3.5
• D) 1.3
• E) 1.8

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