What travels faster, light or sound?

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What travels faster, light or sound?

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Light.

Light is faster than sound . Because light doesn't need a medium to travel. The speed of sound through air is about 340 meters per second. It's faster through water and its even faster, through steel.

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light travels faster than sound

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