Is 1 inches per minute as fast as The Speed of Sound?
It's about one-eight-hundred-thousandth as fast as The Speed of Sound
The speed of The Speed of Sound is about 810,000 inches per minute.
(in dry air at 20°C)
The speed of sound in dry air at 20°C (68°F) is 810,000 inches per minute. Air is a relatively poor acoustic conductor, however, as sound will travel at speeds of between 3,540,000 inches per minute to 3,690,000 inches per minute in water, depending on its salinity.
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