If the elliptical galaxy in Boötes, shown near the bottom of Figure 17-32 of the text, were at a distance of 1.6 billion ly, what would be the value of Hubble's constant H0? (Be careful with units.)
A) about 60 km/s per Mpc
B) about 25 km/s per Mpc
C) about 95 km/s per Mpc
D) about 80 km/s per Mpc
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