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Stars: If a Spherical Galaxy of Diameter 100,000 Ly Contained

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Stars: If a spherical galaxy of diameter 100,000 ly contained enough mass to be a black hole having a Schwarzschild radius equal to that of the galaxy, what would be its mass? (G = 6.67 × 10-11 N ∙ m2/kg2, 1 ly = 9.461 × 1015 m, c = 3.00 × 108 m/s)


A) 200 × 109 kg
B) 400 × 109 kg
C) 6.9 × 1023 kg
D) 3.2 × 1047 kg
E) 6.4 × 1047 kg

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