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You observe a binary star system and find that star 1 has a velocity of 20 m/s while star 2 has a velocity of 40 m/s.What is the ratio of masses of the two stars (M₁/M₂)? If star 2 has a mass of 2 solar masses what is the mass of star 1?


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