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Date May 2018 Marks available [Maximum mark: 2] Reference code 18M.3.SL.TZ1.b
Level SL Paper 3 Time zone TZ1
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18M.3.SL.TZ1.b

The Hubble constant is accepted to be 70 km s–1 Mpc–1. This value of the Hubble constant gives an age for the universe of 14.0 billion years.

The accepted value of the Hubble constant has changed over the past decades.

The redshift of a galaxy is measured to be z = 0.19.

Estimate, in Mpc, the distance between the galaxy and the Earth.

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v = «zc = 0.19 × 3 × 108 =» 5.7 × 107 «ms–1»

d = « v H 0 = 5.7 × 10 4 70 » = 810Mpc     OR     8.1× 108 pc

 

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