The speed of sound through oxygen at 0°C is 316 meters per second. The speed of sound through solid copper is 5,010 meters per second.

Which of the following could be the speed of sound through liquid mercury?
A.
52 meters per second
B.
1,450 meters per second
C.
228 meters per second
D.
6,130 meters per second

C. 228 meters per second