We will take a moment to compare how brightly a white dwarf star shines compared to a red giant star. For the sake of this problem, lets assume a white dwarf has a temperature roughly twice as large as a red giant star. As for their stellar radii, the white dwarf has a radius about 1/10000th that of a red giant star. With this in mind, how does the luminosity of a red giant star compare to that of a white dwarf? (Put differently, find the ratio of their luminosities a.k.a. how many times more luminous is the red giant than the white dwarf? An answer of less than 1 means the white dwarf is more luminous, an answer of 1 means they have the same luminosity, and an answer greater than 1 means the red giant is more lu

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We will take a moment to compare how brightly a white dwarf star shines compared to a red giant star. For the sake of this problem, lets assume a white dwarf has a temperature roughly twice as large as a red giant star. As for their stellar radii, the white dwarf has a radius about 1/10000th that of a red giant star.

With this in mind, how does the luminosity of a red giant star compare to that of a white dwarf? (Put differently, find the ratio of their luminosities a.k.a. how many times more luminous is the red giant than the white dwarf? An answer of less than 1 means the white dwarf is more luminous, an answer of 1 means they have the same luminosity, and an answer greater than 1 means the red giant is more lu 

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