calculate

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That shift shows how quickly a galaxy is moving away, and it can be used to calculate its distance from Earth.

From Science Daily

Yet Wirth has calculated his company has the means and resilience to outlast changing governments—in Caracas and Washington alike.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the study, the team presents a more advanced method for calculating how dark matter surrounding black holes subtly alters the gravitational waves those systems produce.

From Science Daily

Housing costs account for about a third of the basket of prices used to calculate the consumer-price index, so they have a big impact on the headline number.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Internal Revenue Service calculates RMDs by taking the balances of your tax-deferred retirement accounts at the end of the previous year and dividing that by a number based on your life expectancy.

From MarketWatch