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The speed of light in water is 2.30 × 108 m/s. Suppose an electron is moving through water at 2.50 × 108 m/s. Does this particle speed violate the principle of relativity?

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The speed of light in water is 2.30 × 108 m/s. Suppose an electron is moving through water at 2.50 × 108 m/s. Does this particle speed violate the principle of relativity?

Definition Definition Rate at which light travels, measured in a vacuum. The speed of light is a universal physical constant used in many areas of physics, most commonly denoted by the letter c . The value of the speed of light c = 299,792,458 m/s, but for most of the calculations, the value of the speed of light is approximated as c = 3 x 10 8 m/s.

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