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dakota nelson

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Briefly explain the purpose of the equation Number of Civilizations = Np  flife  fcivilization  fnow.
 
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Briefly explain the meaning of each term in the equation Number of Civilizations = Np  flife  fcivilization  fnow.
 
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Answer to Question 1

This equation is used to estimate the number of civilizations presently living in the Milky Way Galaxy.

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Np is the number of planets in the Milky Way that lie within the habitability zones of their stars. flife is the fraction of these planets with life. fcivilization is the fraction of these planets on which a civilization develops at some time. fnow is the fraction of these planets on which the civilization exists now.




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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Excellent


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