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📅 NSB Round Robin 2020🎓 HS🔄 Round 8#️⃣ Question 6🌟 BONUS✍️ Short Answer

Two stars in a circular binary system have masses of 1 and 3 solar masses, respectively. If the distance from the lighter star's center of mass to the center of mass of the system is 2 AU, then, in AU, what is the distance between the stars' centers of mass?

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