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Suppose you had a spaceship so fast that you could make a roundtrip journey of 1 million light-years (in Earth's reference frame) in just 50 years of ship time. If you left in the year 2030, you would return to Earth?

i) A million years from now
ii) The year 2130
iii) The year 2080

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Answer:

Option i) A million years from now

Step-by-step explanation:

According to Earth's reference time frame, the spaceship will go a roundtrip journey in 1 million light-years.

So if the spaceship left the earth in year 2030, it will return to the earth a million years latter.

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