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What is the velocity of a radio wave traveling through free space?
Pick an answer to check it.
Answer: A. Speed of light
In free space, radio waves travel at the speed of light, because light and radio are both electromagnetic waves. Sound is far slower and needs air to travel.
Tip: Radio, light, and microwaves all move at the speed of light.