PHYSICS 10 SCIENCE · 2026–27 · Textbook brain teasers · p. 147

Textbook brain teaser

Which travels faster, radio waves or gamma rays, and why?

ریڈیائی یا گاما شعاعوں میں کون تیز چلتی ہے اور کیوں؟

Solution & explanation

In a vacuum both propagate at c because both are electromagnetic waves. Their frequencies and photon energies differ, not vacuum speed. In matter propagation and interaction can differ, so the medium must be specified.

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