2006-11-27 11:10:35 · 12 answers · asked by idealsforsale 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
Sound travels faster than light. Many people believe the opposite is true, citing as evidence the fact that there is a delay between when you see something far away and when you hear the sound it produces (fireworks, someone hitting a baseball, etc.). Though the sound reaches your ears before the light reaches your eyes, it takes your brain longer to process aural input, while it can process visual input almost instantaneously.
2006-11-27 11:24:08 · answer #1 · answered by foxwallow 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
"the speed of sound is more accurate because you'd have to redesign the universe to change the speed of light?" Not quite sure what that means. What school did you go to?
Anyways, the speed of light is much faster, by almost a factor of a million, compared to the speed of sound in the air.
2006-11-27 11:20:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light
2006-11-27 11:13:22 · answer #3 · answered by sneezewhiz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
speed of light is the fastest thing in the universe because it is always constant. people have made inventions that are faster than the speed of sound, but no one can ever make something faster than the speed of light.
2006-11-27 11:19:20 · answer #4 · answered by apolloK♫ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
“Remember that the speed of light only is constant if you can't redesign the universe.”
Meening the speed of light is much faster, but the speed of sound is more accurate.
2006-11-27 11:15:00 · answer #5 · answered by lttlbt1432 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the speed of light = 299 792 458 m / s
speed of sound at sea level = 340.29 m / s
so I say speed of light
2006-11-27 11:18:24 · answer #6 · answered by Adrian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light of course
2006-11-27 11:13:32 · answer #7 · answered by biofury 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definately light.
2006-11-27 11:14:11 · answer #8 · answered by ossifer8301 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Light travels at ~3x10^8 m/s in a vacuum, about 3% slower through air and water, and much slower through other substances.
Sound travels at 343 m/s in air. Then slower in other substances.
2006-11-27 11:19:25 · answer #9 · answered by david d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Superman.
2006-11-27 11:14:54 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋