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Is 38,300 centimeters per second as fast as The Speed of Light?

It's about one-eight-hundred-thousandth as fast as The Speed of Light
The speed of The Speed of Light is about 29,979,245,800 centimeters per second.
(C) (in a vacuum)
The speed of light (and all other electromagnetic radiation) in a perfect vacuum is known as "c" and measures 29,979,245,800 centimeters per second, per the formal definition of the meter. While visible light travels close to this speed in air, it slows to 19,986,163,867 centimeters per second when passing through the glass of a typical window.
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