Timeline for Why do all electromagnetic waves travel at the same speed when travelling through vacuum?
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| Mar 28, 2017 at 3:33 | vote | accept | Pottypie123 | ||
| Mar 27, 2017 at 16:42 | comment | added | Paul B | Perhaps the issue is a matter of cause and effect. f and λ are not the cause of c. For instance, in the case of sound, the velocity is determined by the medium (air, water, metal) not by the frequency of the source or the wavelength of the standing waves that might be present in the source. What causes the speed of light to be what it is, is of course more complicated than the speed of sound, but that might serve as a starting point. | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 13:41 | vote | accept | Pottypie123 | ||
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| Mar 27, 2017 at 13:36 | comment | added | Pottypie123 | yes that is very helpful thx!! | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 12:13 | comment | added | lemon | @Pottypie123 I have updated my answer - is it clearer now? | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 12:13 | history | edited | lemon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 27, 2017 at 11:39 | comment | added | Pottypie123 | I know this information already, what I dont understand is that the different waves have different wavelengths and frequencies. Radiowave--> Gamma rays have increasing frequencies. SO if each of them have different wave lengths and frequencies how do they all have the same wave speed? | |
| Mar 27, 2017 at 11:21 | history | answered | lemon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |