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genevieve1028

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Recent high resolution radio observations show that quasars can be classified as
 
  a. exploding supernova stars.
  b. exploding planets.
  c. normal galaxies like our Milky Way Galaxy.
  d. a kind of active galaxy similar to Seyfert and radio galaxies.

Question 2

A planetary nebula has a radius of 0.5 pc and is expanding at 20 km/s. What is the approximate age of this planetary nebula? (1 pc is equal to 31013 km and 1 year is equal to 3.15107 seconds.)
 
  a. 240 years
  b. 790,000 years
  c. 96,000 years
  d. 960 years
  e. 24,000 years


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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

e
RATIONALE: age = radius/speed. Convert from seconds to years.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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