A group of graduate students, bored during a cloudy night at the observatory, begin to make bets about the time different stars will take to evolve. If they have a cluster of stars which were all born at roughly the same time, and want to know which star will become a red giant first, which of the following stars should they bet on:. a) a star of about 8% the mass of our Sun
b) a star that would type on the main sequence star
c) a star of about the same mass as our Sun
d) you can't fool me, all stars reach the red giant stage in roughly the same number of years
e) a star of about 1/2 the mass of our Sun

If the demand function for a commodity is given by the equation p2 + 16q = 1200 and the supply function is given by the equation 300 − p2 + 2q = 0, find the equilibrium quantity and equilibrium price. (round your answers to two decimal places.)

Frost wedging occurs when water seeps into a crack in a rock, freezes, and causes the crack in the rock to widen. t or f

Askydiver weighing 140 lb (including equipment) falls vertically downward from an altitude of 19,000 ft and opens the parachute after 18 s of free fall. assume that the force of air resistance, which is directed opposite to the velocity, is of magnitude 0.55|v| when the parachute is closed and is of magnitude 14|v| when the parachute is open, where the velocity v is measured in ft/s. assume that acceleration due to gravity has magnitude 32 ft/s/s; remember that weight is the product of mass and gravitational acceleration. (a) find the speed of the skydiver when the parachute opens. (b) find the distance fallen before the parachute opens. (c) what is the limiting velocity vl after the parachute opens? (d) determine how long the sky diver is in the air after the parachute opens. (e) plot the graph of velocity versus time from the beginning of the fall until the skydiver reaches the ground.