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Why should we expect quasars to be small? How small should we expect them to be?
 
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Giant and supergiant stars are rare because that stage of stellar evolution is short.
 
  a. True
  b. False
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Answer to Question 1

Quasars fluctuate rapidly which shows that they are small objects, not more than a few light-hours in diametersmaller than our Solar System

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