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How far does light travel in the time it takes sound to travel 1 cm in air at 20 C?
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Based on the speed of sound being 340 m/s and that of light being 299,792,458 m/s. we get the speed of light being ~881,742 times that of sound. So if sound goes 1cm then light will travel 881,742 cm or 8,817.42 m.
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