Fundamentals of Physics Extended (10th Edition)

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Chapter 44 - Quarks, Leptons, and the Big Bang - Questions - Page 1363: 8

Answer

We can rank the plots according to the estimated age of the universe: $3 \gt 2 \gt 1$

Work Step by Step

$H = \frac{\Delta v}{\Delta r}$ We can use the slope of each line to find $H$ for each graph. $H_1 \gt H_2 \gt H_3$ We can use each value of $H$ to estimate the age of the universe: $T = \frac{1}{H}$ Note that $T$ decreases as $H$ increases. We can rank the plots according to the estimated age of the universe: $3 \gt 2 \gt 1$
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