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What kind of Wave is an electromagnetic wave how fast does it travel?
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An electromagnetic wave is a wave with electric component and magnetic component.
In free space (vacuum), an electromagnetic wave travels with the speed of light, that is 3x10^8 m/s.
In fact, light is also an electromagnetic wave.
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