Taking the Total Number of Stars in the Milky Way

question 35

Multiple Choice

Taking the total number of stars in the Milky Way and dividing by the age of the Milky Wayis a way to estimate:

• A)the age of the stars in the Milky Way.
• B)the star formation rate in the Milky Way.
• C)the average age of a star in the Milky Way.
• D)the rate of formation of high mass stars in the Milky Way.
• E)the average age of a low mass main sequence star in the Milky Way.

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A measure of the dispersion or variation in a set of values, indicating how much they deviate on average from the mean.

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