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    If the Hubble Constant Were Equal to 50 Km/s/Mpc, What
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If the Hubble Constant Were Equal to 50 Km/s/Mpc, What

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If the Hubble constant were equal to 50 km/s/Mpc, what would the approximate age of the universe (the Hubble time) be, assuming that the expansion rate has stayed approximately constant over time? Note that 1 Mpc = 3.1 * 1019 km and 1 year = 3.17 * 107 s.

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