By What Factor Would the Brightness of a Star Increase

question 36

Multiple Choice

By what factor would the brightness of a star increase if an observer moved from 5 parsecs to 1 parsec from the star?

• A)5 times
• B)25 times
• C)125 times
• D)625 times

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