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A galaxy is moving away from the earth at a speed of 286 km s-1. The shift in the wavelength of a red line at 630 nm is x×10-10 m. The value of x, to the nearest integer, is ___ .

[Take the value of the speed of the light c, as 3×108 m s-1]

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The correct answer is: 6

Δλλc=v

Δλ=vc×λ=2863×105×630×10-9=6×10-10 m

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