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Standard IX
Physics
Light Spectrum
What travels ...
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What travels faster in a vacuum?
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Solution
Vacuum refers to a space where no matter is present.
Therefore, any object moving inside such a space will not face any frictional forces and so will naturally move faster.
Light waves move the fastest in vacuum with a speed of about
3
×
10
8
m
/
s
.
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