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The speed of sound waves depends on temperature but speed of ligth waves does not. Why?

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Sound is a mechanical wave and for which `V=sqrt((gammaRT)/m)` while light is a nonmechanical wave for which it `C=1/sqrt(epsilon_0mu_0)`
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