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Author: Randall Knight, Brian Jones

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Rank in order the following according to their speeds, from slowest to fastest: (i) 425-nm-wavelength light through a pane of glass, (ii) 500-nm-wavelength light through air, (iii) 540-nm-wavelength light through water, (iv) 670-nm-wavelength light through a diamond, and (v) 670-nm-wavelength light through a vacuum.

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