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Problem 12QQ
Choose the best answer to the following. Explain your reasoning with one or more complete sentences.
Which of these stars has the largest radius? (a) a supergiant A star (b) a giant K star (c) a supergiant M star
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QUESTION:
Problem 12QQ
Choose the best answer to the following. Explain your reasoning with one or more complete sentences.
Which of these stars has the largest radius? (a) a supergiant A star (b) a giant K star (c) a supergiant M star
ANSWER:
Solution
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We need to find out, among the three stars a supergiant A star, a giant K star, a supergiant M star which one has the largest radius.
Super giant stars are the most massive and most luminous stars. Super giant stars have mass to times the mass of the sun and their luminosity will be between one thousand to one million times the luminosity of sun.