Physics

Problem

## Questions 33-34 Two stars orbit their common center of mass as shown in the diagram below. The masses of the two stars are

3 M

and

M

. The distance between the stars is

d

. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/diraq-contents/question-bank/question-images/1c872fb1463b/2025_11_20_e5791e6ab03a03ed3d63g-05.jpg) 34. Determine the period of orbit for the star of mass

3 M

. (A)

\pi \frac{\overline{d^{3}}}{G M}

(B)

\pi \frac{\overline{d^{3}}}{3 G M}

(C)

2 \pi \frac{\overline{d^{3}}}{G M}

(D)

\frac{\pi}{4} \overline{\frac{d^{3}}{G M}}

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