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Does light travel faster through water or glass?
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Does light travel faster through water or glass?

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It travels faster in water.

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Answer: The refractive index or n shows the relationship between c and the speed v when light travels through a material. The equation is n=c/v. In water, the refractive index is 1.3 and in glass, it is 1.5. Therefore, light travels faster through water, than it travels through glass.

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