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explain why light travels faster than sound.
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light travels faster than sound because it is an electromagnetic wave which can travel through a vacuum at its speed of 186,000 miles per second. sound is a pressure wave which requires a material medium (air, water, etc.) to travel through and is much slower, at approximately 767 mph in dry air.
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