Can Fish Reach Sonic Boom in Water?

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Homework Statement


can a super-fast fish that is able to swim faster than the speed of sound in water produce a "sonic boom"?

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The Attempt at a Solution

there is a speed of sound in water- roughly 4x that of air?
 
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there is a speed of sound in water- roughly 4x that of air?

Yes.
 

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