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3 years ago

If a quasar is moving away from us at v/c = 0.8, what is the measured redshift?

Physics

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Delicious77 [7]3 years ago

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Answer:

The measured redshift is z =2

Explanation:

Since the object is traveling near light speed, since v/c = 0.8, then we have to use a redshift formula for relativistic speeds.

$z= \sqrt{\cfrac{c+v}{c-v}}-1$

Finding the redshift.

We can prepare the formula by dividing by lightspeed inside the square root to both numerator and denominator to get

$z= \sqrt{\cfrac{1+\cfrac vc}{1-\cfrac vc}}-1$

Replacing the given information

$z= \sqrt{\cfrac{1+0.8}{1-0.8}}-1$

$z= \sqrt{\cfrac{1.8}{0.2}}-1\\z= \sqrt{9}}-1\\z=3-1\\z=2$

Thus the measured redshift is z = 2.

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