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By noting how rapidly galaxies are flying apart from each other, and how far apart they are now, we can calculate how far back in time it was that they started to fly apart. No different than the question, "Since the time Pat and Sam both began their journey at the same point on the highway, they have traveled at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour. They are now 200 kilometers apart. How long have they been traveling apart from each other?"

The present calculations of the age of the Universe by this method -- about 13.7 billion years -- agree quite well with other calculations, that were derived in a totally independent manner.

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