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What allows a star to remain in stellar equilibrium?

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nadya68 [22]3 years ago

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Explanation:

A star is in equilibrium when the pressures inside the star balance out the force of gravity. The pressure is thermal pressure resulting from the fusion reactions taking place in the star's core. A star stays in equilibrium until the supply of hydrogen in the core is depleted.

In a stable star, the gas pressure pushing out from the center is equal with the gravity pulling atoms inward to the center – when these forces are equal, the star is at equilibrium. Once a star reaches equilibrium for the first time, it will start burning (fusing) hydrogen into helium.

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= $\frac{200}{2}\ m$

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d. )directed upward.

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b) Median = 85

c) Mode = no mode (since there is no variable that appears more than once in this dataset)

d) Midrange = 84

e) Range = 12

f) Variance = 14.69

g) Standard deviation = 3.83

Explanation:

The raw data to be processed is

87 85 80 78 83 86 90

a) Mean = (Σx)/N

The mean is the sum of variables divided by the number of variables

x = each variable

N = number of variables = 7

Mean = (87+85+80+78+83+86+90)/7

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b) Median is the number in the middle of the dataset when the variables are arranged in ascending or descending order.

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Mathematically,

Midrange = (Highest + Lowest)/2

Midrange = (90 + 78)/2

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e) Range is the difference the highest and the lowest numbers in a dataset.

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f) Variance is an average of the squared deviations from the mean.

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Variance = (102.8572)/7

Variance = 14.69

g) Standard deviation = √(variance)

Standard deviation = √(14.69)

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