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Electromagnetic waves will travel with the same speed that light travels in that medium. Be careful though, the speed of light in vacuum or air is 300000 Km/s. That doesn't mean that in any medium it would be this. It depends on the nature of the medium. In any case, the first statement ALWAYS holds.

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