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How many times faster is the speed of light, compared to the speed of sound.? For eg 1000x times faster

Question #138434. Asked by wonkatriv.
Last updated May 14 2021.
Originally posted Dec 05 2014 2:11 AM.

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about 880,981x faster

speed of light : 299,792,458m / second
speed of sound : 340.29m /sec (at sea level)

link https://www.britannica.com/science/speed-of-light
link https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/sound.html


Response last updated by gtho4 on May 14 2021.
Dec 05 2014, 2:15 AM
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