Sample Response: The sound of the drumstick hitting the metal bar will get to me in a shorter amount of time in Scenario 1. The sound wave will travel faster in the metal bar than through the air because the speed of sound waves in solids is faster than it is in gases.

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The sound will reach my ear in a shorter time in Scenario 1.
Sound will travel faster through the metal bar than through the air.
The speed of sound waves in solids is faster than it is in gases.