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If light travels about one million times faster than sound its travels at what?
Such a speed is technically called the speed of light, but it could also be defined as ~Mach 1000000.
Is the speed of sound equal to the speed of light?
No, not even close. Light travels at 300,000,000 meters/sec but sound only at 340 meters/sec
Conconde flies faster than the speed of light?
No. The Concorde flew faster than the speed of sound. Nothing can move faster than the speed of light.
Does sound travel faster or slower than light?
faster Light travels faster than sound. Light travels at 300 000 000 m/s whereas sound travels at around 340 m/s at room temperature in air. That's a 880,000x difference!
Which is fastest sound or light waves?
-- In vacuum, the speed of sound is zero, so you can't compare them there.-- In air at sea level, the speed of light is about 874 thousand times the speed of sound.
The sound travels at the speed of light to your ear?
No, not quite. The sound travels at the speed of sound to your ear.
How does light travel witch is faster light or sound?
Light is much faster then the speed of sound. Sound travels at a speed of about 768 Miles per hour, when light travels at a speed of 186,282 miles per SECOND.
Is the speed of sound as speed of light?
The speed of light is much greater than the speed of sound.
Is the The speed of sound is the same the as speed of light yes or no?
No. Light travels much faster than sound.
Does light travel at half the speed of sound?
No. Light travels at about 875 thousand times the speed of sound.
What accounts for the time difference in seeing and hearing an explosion?
The difference in the speed of sound and the speed of light. Light travels much faster than sound, so you will see it, and then hear it. The further away, the greater the time difference.
Is the speed of light greater or lesser in air than in water?
The speed is the same. Light travels at a finite speed.
Why you see a distant event before you hear it?
Because the speed of light is much faster than the speed of sound. Therefore, when the light from that event reaches your eyes, you see it. Then later, the sound from the event reaches your ears, and you hear it. Basically it's just because light travels faster than sound.
Why sound travels faster then light in television?
It doesn't. Light travels at a speed of 300,000 km/second; sound travels roughly a million times slower. By the way, the light you see and the sound you hear in television doesn't travel as light or sound for most of the way - the information is encoded in a radio wave (which also travels at the speed of light). Only in the television set is the information transformed back into normal light, and sound.
Why do you see fireworks before hearing them?
We see the firework works first because the because burning emits light . It is a fact that it travels faster than sound . So the sound energy produced during the burning of fire work reaches us late . So we hear the sound after vizualizing it.
What travels faster the speed of light or the speed of sound?
The speed of light is nearly a million times faster than the speed of sound.The speed of light is roughly 882 thousand times the speed of sound.-- Sound takes about 4.7 seconds to cover 1 mile.-- Light takes about 0.0000054 second to cover 1 mile.-- In the time it takes sound to travel one mile, light travels 881,741 miles .
Explain why thunder is heard after the lightning is seen?
Thunder is sound- it travels at the speed of sound- about 1100 feet per second. Lightning is light- it travels at the speed of light- about 186,000 miles a second. The light is faster, gets there first.
