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Lesson: Chapter 4 — Waves and their applications

4.2. Electromagnetic waves 3 of 4

Question 3

How fast do electromagnetic waves travel in a vacuum?

The right answer is the one marked above.

3 × 108 m s-1. More exactly 2.998 × 108 m s-1, the speed of light.

330 and 1400 m s-1 are the speeds of sound in air and in water. 3 × 105 is the speed of light in kilometres per second, not metres.

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