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If you find a galaxy that is 20 arc minutes in diameter and you measure its distance to...

If you find a galaxy that is 20 arc minutes in diameter and you measure its distance to be 1 Mpc, what is its true diameter? (Hint: Use the small-angle formula, Chapter 3.)

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