Which statement gives the current SI definition of the metre?

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Problem

Which statement gives the current SI definition of the metre? (a) Path travelled by light in air in a time interval of 1/299 792 4581/299\,792\,458 second. (b) Distance between two fine lines engraved on a platinum–iridium bar at 0 ∘C0\,^{\circ}\text{C} kept at Sèvres. (c) Path travelled by light in vacuum in a time interval of 1/299 792 4581/299\,792\,458 second. (d) 1 650 763.731\,650\,763.73 wavelengths of orange–red radiation emitted by krypton-86 in vacuum.

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