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In our daily lives, we constantly experience sounds without being aware that they are, in fact, mechanical waves that can only propagate through a specific medium. Have you ever wondered why a medium is necessary for sound to travel? Every sound we hear around us occurs because vibrations travel through a material medium—such as air—to reach our ears. Speech, music, traffic noise, or bird chirps—all of these reach us only because of a medium. However, this medium is not always the same. Air, wat