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Why in olden times to find out about an approaching train, people used to place their ear on railway tracks.​

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Answered by kinnu88
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Explanation:

It is said that cowboys used to put their ear to a railway track to hear if a train was coming. The reason for this is that the speed of sound waves depends on the material through which they are travelling. Sound travels fifteen times faster through the metal railway tracks than through the air.

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