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chaazums asked in Education & ReferenceHomework Help · 1 decade ago

Big Bang Homework help?

According to the big bang theory, the original big bang took place about 17 billion years ago. How might scientists have been able to determine this?

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  • MickeyD
    1 decade ago
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    They calculated the rate of speed at which the universe is expanding.

  • missy79
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    They calculated the speed at which matter is spreading outward in outer space and did the math.

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