If a Quasar Has a Recessional Velocity of 2

question 44

Multiple Choice

If a quasar has a recessional velocity of 2.7 10 5 km/sec and is determined to be 3600 Mpc, what is the Hubble constant based on this quasar alone? Hint: Note that the units of your result should be (km/sec) /Mpc to see what arithmetic process you need to do on a calculator.

• A) 50 km/sec/Mpc
• B) 9.7 10 8 (km/sec)Mpc
• C) 75 km/sec/Mpc
• D) 0.013 km/sec/Mpc
• E) 273,600 km/sec/Mpc

Understand and apply basic arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) with integers.

Use and simplify fractions and decimals in arithmetic operations.

Perform arithmetic operations with fractions (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) and simplify the results.

Determine the reciprocal of a given number.

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