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The speed of light 3 × 108 m / s, can be expressed in terms of other fundamental constants relating to electricity and magnetism. Give this algebraic expression and briefly explain where it comes from.
So speed of light can be expressed as one over square root of the product of permittivity of free space and the the permeability of free space.
We get this because light is a electromagnetic wave and which have both electric as well as magnetic component.
Permittivity of free space occurs in electricity.
And,
Permeability of free space, occurs in magnetism.