Light travels through a fiber-optic cable at

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Problem

Light travels through a fiber-optic cable at 2.00×108 m/s2.00\times10^{8}\,\text{m/s}. Determine the ratio of this speed to the speed of light in vacuum and state whether the glass in the cable is required for the light to propagate.

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