A student performs an experiment by ringing a bell in the air and in a pool and measuring the time it takes for a friend to hear the bell. In one or two sentences, make and justify a hypothesis on which medium the friend would hear the bell the fastest.

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The friend would hear the bell fastest in the air because sound travels faster through air compared to water due to differences in their respective densities and molecular structures.

make it like a 5th grader would

The friend would hear the bell faster in the air because there's more air around us than water and sound can go faster in air.

make it 2 to 3 sentences

The friend would hear the bell fastest in the air because sound travels faster in air than in water. This is because air is thinner and has more space for the sound waves to move through, while water is denser and slows down the sound waves.