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📅 2023 MIT Science Bowl High School Invitational🎓 HS🔄 Round 6#️⃣ Question 15🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

Lidia is looking at the infrared spectrum of a distant star. She sees an emission peak at a wavelength of 10,002 angstroms, but knows that the peak is supposed to be at exactly 10,000 angstroms. In scientific notation to one significant figure, what is the recessional velocity of the star in meters per second?

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