Would the speed of an em wave be the same in air and in water? defend your answer.

Speed of an EM wave is different in air and in water.

Explanation:

The speed of an EM wave is different in air and water .

Since the frequency of any EM wave is its characteristic property, therefore wavelength and speed of EM wave Change on changing the medium of propogation.

Also the refractive index of any medium is defined as the ratio between light's speed in vacuum to the light's speed in any medium.

Also ,it can be define as speed of any EM wave in any medium = c/refractive index of medium.

Here, c is the speed of light, .

Answer

No speed will be not same in air and water

Explanation:

The speed of the EM wave is in air the speed of the EM wave depends on the relative permeability and relative permitivity of the medium

The speed of the EM wave is given by

As the value of and  is different in different media so the speed of EM wave is also different in different media

So the velocity of EM wave will not be same in air and water

answergravity;

no. bullets are macro objects. wave nature is for light waves, extremely tiny particles. if a light particle was the size of your finger, the bullet would be the size of the universe. so basically, that huge difference in size makes the wave nature of matter insignificant.