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Which three statements about electromagnetic radiation are true? Light is a kind of electromagnetic radiation. Electromagnetic radiation can travel only short distances. Electromagnetic radiation has no mass. Electromagnetic radiation can travel through a vacuum. All kinds of electromagnetic radiation are invisible.

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Which three statements about electromagnetic radiation are true? Light is a kind of electromagnetic radiation. Electromagnetic radiation can travel only short distances. Electromagnetic radiation has no mass. Electromagnetic radiation can travel through a vacuum. All kinds of electromagnetic radiation are invisible.

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The three true statements about electromagnetic radiation are:

  1. Light is a kind of electromagnetic radiation.
  2. Electromagnetic radiation has no mass.
  3. Electromagnetic radiation can travel through a vacuum.

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