Calculate the escape speed from a the surface of the


Calculate the escape speed from (a) the surface of the present-day Sun and (b) from the surface of the Sun when it becomes a red giant, with essentially the same mass as today but with a radius that is 100 times larger. (c) Explain how your results show that a red-giant star can lose mass more easily than a main-sequence star.

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