Speed of sound in mercury at a certain temperature is $1450 \,m/s$. Given the density of mercury as $13.6 × 10^3 kg / m^3$, the bulk modulus for mercury is
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$v = \sqrt {\frac{K}{\rho }} $ 

$\therefore K = {v^2}\rho  = 2.86 \times {10^{10}}N/{m^3}$

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