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How much faster does the speed of light travel than the speed of sound a simple answer?
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∙ 12y ago
The speed of light in vacuum is 299,792,118 meters/secondfaster than the speed of sound at sea level.
That's about 186,282 miles per hour faster.
The speed of light is roughly 874 thousand times faster than the speed of sound.
I hope that's simple enough for you.
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Does sound or light travel faster through water?
Light travels much faster than sound, through wood.
Can light travel as fast as sound?
no from what i have learned light travels faster then sound
Does sound travel faster in the presents of light?
no
Do sound waves or light waves travel faster?
In air, light waves travel about 871 thousand times faster than sound waves.
Does sound and light travel at the same speed?
no, light is faster
Do LIGHT WAVES TRAVEL FASTER THAN SOUND WAVES.?
No light travels way faster
What travel fast light or sound in the universe?
light travels faster.
Why does light travel faster that sound in the air?
Sound requires the physical motion of material. Light doesn't.
What waves travel faster sound or light?
Light waves travel faster than sound waves.
Which travel faster in coated glass pipe sound or light?
No matter what you do to either of them, light is always going to travel at least several hundred times as fast as sound, and most generally about 800 thousand times as fast as sound. Sound will never travel faster than light, in any situation.
Why you see light first then sound after?
light travel faster than sound. see in real life we see lightning first then we hear the thunder.
What does sound go faster through a vacuum or a solid?
Sound does not travel in a vacuum. It needs a medium in which to travel (unlike light) and so sound cannot travel in a vacuum. However, in a solid sound travels faster than in air.
