MCQ
One Mach number is equal to
- AVelocity of light
- ✓Velocity of sound $(332\,\,m/\sec )$
- C$1\,\,km/\sec $
- D$1\,m/\sec $
✓
Answer
Correct option: B.
Velocity of sound $(332\,\,m/\sec )$
b
(b) Mach number $ = \frac{{{\rm{Velocity\, of\, object}}}}{{{\rm{Velocity \,of \,sound}}}}$.
(b) Mach number $ = \frac{{{\rm{Velocity\, of\, object}}}}{{{\rm{Velocity \,of \,sound}}}}$.
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