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title: "What is the speed of light?"  
description: "What is the speed of light?"  
author: "Mukul Goenka"  
published: 2023-10-18  
updated: 2023-10-19  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/103894/what-is-the-speed-of-light  
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# What is the speed of light?



## Answers

### Answer by Kshitij Agrawal

**The [speed](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/167715/how-will-be-the-internet-be-like-in-2034) of [light](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1842/daylight-reproduces-more-accurately-by-the-leds-smart-lighting-system-based-on-quantum-dots) is 299,792,458 [meter](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49250/who-invented-the-parking-meter) per [second](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/82433/the-second-wave-new-covid-19-vs-old-covid-19) approximately 299,792 meter per second or 186,252 miles per second.**


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