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Chapter 21 Problem 21.81

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Experimenters at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have made precise measurements of the speed of light using the fact that, in vacuum, the speed of electromagnetic waves is c 5 1/!m0P0, where the constants m0 _ 4p _ 107 N _ s2/C2 and P0 _ 8.854 _ 1012 C2/N _ m2. What value (to four signifi cant fi gures) does this formula give for the speed of light in vacuum?

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Title College Physics, 8 
Author Raymond A. Serway Chris Vuille, Jerry S. Faughn
ISBN 9780495386933

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