Using Information from the Figure Below,explain Why Star 2 Is

question 54

Essay

Using information from the figure below,explain why star 2 is the more massive star of the eclipsing binary pair?

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A spectrum of values obtained from sample statistics, which is probable to encompass the value of an unidentified population parameter.

Population Parameter

A numerical characteristic or feature of an entire population, such as its mean or standard deviation.

Sampling Distributions

The distribution likelihood of a statistical value gathered from multiple samples from a given population.

Consistent Estimator

An attribute of an estimator indicating that as the sample size increases, the estimates it produces converge in probability to the parameter being estimated.