The Big Bang, red-shift and the expanding Universe

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Question 42
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An astrophysics research team investigating the Hubble constant has plotted the recession velocities of several distant galaxies against their distance from Earth.

This relationship is shown in the graph below:

Galaxy Recession Velocity vs. Distance

Use the graph to estimate the distance, in Mpc, of a galaxy that is receding from Earth with a velocity of 4500 km s-1.

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