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Chapter 20, Problem 35EAP
Choose the best answer to each of the following. Explain your reasoning with one or more complete sentences.
35. If you observed the redshifts of galaxies at a given distance to he twice as large as they are now, then you would determine a value for Hubble’s constant that was (a) twice as large as its current value. (b) equal to its current value. (C) half its current value.
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