A Star Has a Surface Temperature of 6000 K

question 70

Multiple Choice

A star has a surface temperature of 6000 K. Its spectrum registers a certain intensity in the green middle of the visible spectrum. Which of these must also be true of the star?

• A) Violet is brighter than the green but the red is less intense.
• B) Violet is less intense than the green but the red is more intense.
• C) Violet and the red are both less intense than the green.
• D) Violet and the red are both more intense than the green.

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Definitions:

Poisson Distribution

A statistical probability distribution that expresses the probability of a given number of events occurring in a fixed interval of time or space when these events occur with a known constant mean rate and independently of the time since the last event.

Negative Exponential Distribution

A probability distribution used to model time between independent events that occur at a constant average rate.

Average Arrival Rate

The average rate at which entities (such as customers or products) arrive at a specific point or system over a defined period.

M/D/1

A notation in queue theory representing a system with a single server, where arrivals are Markovian (Poisson process), service times are deterministically fixed, and there is one server.