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The Age of the Universe: The Math

- The time to get somewhere is distance divided by velocity.

- Example: Albuquerque is 300 miles away, and you travel at 100 mph...how long does it take to get there?

Time

=

distance
velocity

=

300 miles
100 mph

=

3 hours

- Rearranging v = H x d to get d/v:

v = H d

v
H

=

d

1
H

=

d
v

=

Time for Galaxies to get
where they are today

=

Age of the Universe

- We also need to get the right units: H is in km/s/Mpc...we need to know how many km are in a Mpc to just get seconds.