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Assertion: Light can travel in vacuum but sound cannot do so.
Reason: Light is an em wave and sound is a mechanical wave.

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Light is an electromagnetic wave and thus does not require any medium to travel. However, sound wave is a mechanical wave and requires a medium to travel
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