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- With a Hubble constant of 70 km/sec/Mpc, the critical density would be 1.4 g/cc. 9 × 10-27 kg/m3. 6.23 × 10-23 g/mole. 4 × 10-36 g/cc. 3 × 10-31 g/cc.arrow_forwardExplain why Hubble’s parameter, with its value today called Hubble’s constant, is not actually a constant.arrow_forwardIf you find that the Hubble constant is double what we currently believe, how does this affect the calculated age of the universe? Group of answer choices It decreased it by a factor of four. It cuts it in half. It doubles it. It increases it by a factor of four.arrow_forward
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