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📅 NSB 2014🎓 HS🔄 Round 14#️⃣ Q7❓ TOSS-UP✍️ Short Answer

The most distant quasar known has a redshift of z = 6. Its emission is dominated by the Lyman alpha hydrogen line, which has a laboratory wavelength of 1216 angstroms. To two significant figures, and in angstroms, what is the wavelength of the Lyman alpha line observed in the quasar?

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