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Earth is moving towards a stationary star with a velocity `100 kms^(-1)` . If the wavelength of light emitted by the star is 5000Å, then the apparent change in wavelength observed by the observer on earth will be

A

0.67 `A^(0)`

B

`1.67 A^0`

C

`16.7 A^(0)`

D

`167 A^(0)`

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