Spectrographic analysis of light from a distant galaxy shows that the galaxy is receding from Earth at v = 0.384 c. Use Hubble's law with H = 17 km/s/106 lightyears to estimate the distance to the galaxy
a. 3.3 × 10^8 lightyears
b. 6.8 × 10^9 lightyears
c. 9.9 × 10^8 lightyears
d. 2.2 × 10^9 lightyears
e. 6.5 × 10^6 lightyears
b
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