Discover the velocity of the star

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Light of wavelength 500.0nm appears to have a wavelength of 500.2nm when it reaches Earth from a distant star. Discover the velocity of the star if the speed of light is 3.00 x 10^8 m/s.

Reference no: EM13660009

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