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Homework Statement
Most of the galaxies in the universe are observed to be moving away from Earth. Suppose a particular galaxy emits orange light with a frequency of 5e14 Hz.
1) If the galaxy is receding from Earth with a speed of 3325 km/s, what is the frequency of the light when it reaches Earth?
Homework Equations
f ' = f ( 1 - v/c)
The Attempt at a Solution
I did:
f ' = 5e14 (1- 3.325e6/3e8) then converted Hz to fHz and got 4.9e29 but it was wrong.