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Sound cannot travel with the velocity of light. The speed of sound in a medium depends on the properties of that medium, such as its density and elasticity. In general, sound travels much slower than light.

In a vacuum, where there is no medium for sound to propagate through, there can be no sound propagation. Light, on the other hand, can travel through a vacuum at a constant speed of approximately 299,792,458 meters per second, commonly approximated as 3 x 10^8 meters per second.

The speed of sound varies depending on the medium it travels through. In air at room temperature, for example, sound travels at approximately 343 meters per second (or about 1,235 kilometers per hour). In denser media like water or solids, sound can travel faster than in air.

So, in summary, sound cannot travel at the velocity of light, as the two phenomena are fundamentally different and propagate through different mediums at vastly different speeds.

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