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A galaxy is observed to have a red shift which indicates a recession speed of 150 km/s. Use 75 km/s/Mpc for Hubble's constant and determine the distance to the galaxy in Mpc.

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a. 150

b. 11,250

c. 2 d. 0.5

d. none of these

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  1. v=(Hsub 0)(distance)

    150/75= d

    2=d in Mpc

    answer is c

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