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Transcribed Image Text:A spaceship travels at a constant speed from earth to a planet orbiting another star. When the
spacecraft arrives, 13 years have elapsed on earth, and 7.5 years have elapsed on board the ship.
How far away (in meters) is the planet, according to observers on earth?
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Spaceship departs earth
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Spaceship arrives at distant planet
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