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The presence of the cosmological constant means that the universe is older than it otherwise would have been if it were a purely matter dominated universe. The physical rational is that "a cosmological-constant universe is older because it took longer to reach its present rate of expansion". I am having a hard time understanding quite what that means. Since the age of the universe is the inverse of the Hubble constant, as in 1/H = D/V, so one would expect a higher age would require a lower value of V. However, the cosmological constant accelerates the expansion of the universe, which would lead to a higher V than would be the case if the universe were expanding purely gravitationally deceleratingly. So, what is the missing piece here that leads to a higher age with higher V?