$Assertion :$ The change in air pressure affects the speed of sound.
$Reason :$ The speed of sound in gases is proportional to the square of pressure.
AIIMS 2008, Easy
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Speed of sound in cases is independent of pressure because $v = \sqrt {\frac{{\gamma P}}{P}} $ At constant temperature, if $P$ changes then $\rho $ also changes in such a way that the ratio $\frac{P}{\rho }$ remains constant. Hence there is no effect of the pressure change on the speed of sound.
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