You observe two distant galaxies (well outside our Local Group of galaxies). You find that Galaxy W is moving away from us at a speed of 35,000 km/s and Galaxy X is moving away from us at a speed of 70,000 km/s. What can you say about the distances to those galaxies?

A) Galaxy W is four times as far as Galaxy X.
B) Galaxy W is twice as far as Galaxy X.
C) She can't say anything about the distances to Galaxy W or X.
D) Galaxy X is four times as far as Galaxy W.
E) Galaxy X is twice as far as Galaxy W.


B) Galaxy W is twice as far as Galaxy X.

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