Eli5: Does all sound travel at exactly the speed of sound? If so why?

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Do quieter sounds travel at the same speed but for less distance?

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Yes, but it depends on the medium they are traveling through (air, water, steel). Sound travels at the speed of atoms – meaning sound is the result of energy transferring through something by pushing on the atoms, which in turn push on their neighbors, and on and on.

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