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littleanan

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An eclipsing binary has been analyzed and it has been determined that the ratio of the mass of star A to the mass of star B is 6 and the total mass of the two stars is 26 solar masses. What are the masses of star A and star B?
 
  a. Star A has a mass of 1 solar mass and star B has a mass of 6 solar masses.
  b. Star A has a mass of 20 solar mass and star B has a mass of 6 solar masses.
  c. Star A has a mass of 31.2 solar mass and star B has a mass of 5.2 solar masses.
  d. Star A has a mass of 22.3 solar mass and star B has a mass of 3.7 solar masses.
  e. The masses of star A and star B cannot be determined from the information given.

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In which way does a photon of blue light NOT differ from a photon of red light?
 
  a. energy
  b. speed
  c. wavelength
  d. color
  e. frequency


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polinasid

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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

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littleanan

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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Wow, this really help

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