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Nadia is writing a science fiction short story for her school newspaper. Her story is about traveling through space to different galaxies. To make her story as realistic as possible, she uses scientific terms. she knows that scientists use the parallax effect in their calculations, but how would she explain parallax in her story? Choose the two that apply. A. it is the apparent motion of an object against distant background stars. B. it is best used to measure the distances to nearby stars. C. it is best used to measure distances to extremely far-away stars. D. it determines distances from only one side of earth's orbit around the sun.

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A. it is the apparent motion of an object against distant background stars.

B. it is best used to measure the distances to nearby stars.A. it is the apparent motion of an object against distant background stars.

B. it is best used to measure the distances to nearby stars.

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