Question #280060

prove that velocity of light is 3×10^8 ?


Expert's answer

It can be actually calculated from Maxwell theory (electrodynamics) via

c=1ε0μ0,c=\frac 1{\sqrt{\varepsilon 0μ0}},

where the two constants in the denominator are the dielectical and permeability constant of the vacuum. That tells it has to be 299,792,458 m/s, and many experiments have shown it to be that way since.


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