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Question 21
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A spectral line corresponds to a frequency f0 f_0\,f0​ when measured in a laboratory on Earth. The same spectral line, when observed in the light from a distant, receding galaxy, has a frequency fff. If the Hubble constant is H0 H_0\,H0​ and the speed of light in a vacuum is ccc, which of the following is the correct expression for the distance D D\,D of the galaxy from Earth under non-relativistic assumptions?

D≈c(f0−f)H0fD \approx \frac{c(f_0 - f)}{H_0 f}D≈H0​fc(f0​−f)​

D≈c(f0−f)H0f0D \approx \frac{c(f_0 - f)}{H_0 f_0}D≈H0​f0​c(f0​−f)​

D≈cfH0(f0−f)D \approx \frac{c f}{H_0 (f_0 - f)}D≈H0​(f0​−f)cf​

D≈cf0H0(f0−f)D \approx \frac{c f_0}{H_0 (f_0 - f)}D≈H0​(f0​−f)cf0​​

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