The Big Bang, red-shift and the expanding Universe

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During a cosmological survey, the redshift z z\,z of several distant galaxies is plotted against their distance d d\,d from Earth.

Explain how the observation of redshift in these galaxies, and its relationship with distance, provides evidence for the expansion of the Universe.

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