What Fraction of Its Mass Does a 25-Solar-Mass Main-Sequence Star

question 153

Multiple Choice

What fraction of its mass does a 25-solar-mass main-sequence star eject into space during its lifetime?

• A) almost all of it, greater than 80%
• B) only a small fraction, about 1/100
• C) between 1/4 and ½
• D) only its outer atmosphere, less than 1 part in 10⁴

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