A star with mass M and a black hole with mass Mb are rotating around the center of mass of each other in circular orbits

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A star with mass M and a black hole with mass Mb are rotating around the center of mass of each other in circular orbits

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A star with mass M and a black hole with mass Mb are rotatingaround the center of mass of each other in circular orbits. Theradius and period of the star’s orbit are found r and T. Find
A) mass of the black hole,
B) the radius of the black hole’s orbit,
and C) the period of the rotation of the black hole in itscircular orbit.
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