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Modern Physics
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ISBN: 9781111794378
Author: Raymond A. Serway, Clement J. Moses, Curt A. Moyer
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 16, Problem 15P

(a)

To determine

The average temperature inside the Sun from the virial theorem.

(b)

To determine

The Tav for the Sun and 60% of the Sun’s mass is hydrogen, the rest helium.

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