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Each Kilogram of Hydrogen That Fuses into Helium Releases About \odot

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Each kilogram of hydrogen that fuses into helium releases about 6*1014 Joules of energy. How many tons of hydrogen are fused each second to power a massive main-sequence star with a luminosity of 100 L \odot ? Note that 1 L \odot = 4 * 1026 Joule/second and 1 ton = 103 kg.


A) 2 * 106 tons
B) 7* 107 tons
C) 2 *109 tons
D) 7 *1010 tons
E) 2 * 1011 tons

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