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Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
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Astrophysics and Cosmology
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33-1 to 33-3: Stars, Galaxies, Stellar Evolution, Distances
33-4: General Relativity, Gravity and Curved Space
33-5: Redshift, Hubble's Law
33-6 to 33-8: The Big Bang, CMB, Universe Expansion
33-9: Dark Matter, Dark Energy

Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 15
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Stars located in a certain cluster are assumed to be about the same distance from us. Two such stars have spectra that peak at λ1\lambda_1 = 470 nm and λ2\lambda_2 = 720 nm, and the ratio of their apparent brightness is b1/b2b_1/b_2 = 0.091. Estimate their relative sizes (give ratio of their diameters) using Wien’s law and the Stefan-Boltzmann equation, Eq. 14–6.

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0.130.13
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