When something is traveling at the speed of sound, 343 m/s, it is said to be traveling at mach 1. When traveling at twice the speed of sound it is traveling at mach 2 and so on.
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Mach velocities are all relative to the speed of sound in that gas, at that density. Mach 1 = the speed of sound. Mach 2 = twice the speed of sound. It does not have an invariant conversion into miles per minute.
That means the speed, compared to the speed of sound. For example, "mach 2" means twice the speed of sound.
0,72 Mach is a subsonic speed. Mach number = speed of an object/speed of sound The speed of sound in dry air at 20 0C is 1 236 km/h.
Mach 1 is the speed of sound. 768 miles per hr. Mach 2 is twice that & so on.
Mach 1 means the speed of sound. The speed of sound is 343meters per second, 1,126ft/sec or 768mph.