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Author: Andrew Fraknoi; David Morrison; Sidney C. Wolff

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Chapter 27, Problem 23E

In the chapter, we discussed that the largest redshifts found so far are greater than 6. Suppose we find a quasar with a redshift of 6.1. With what fraction of the speed of light is it moving away from us?

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