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All stars evolve the same up through the red giant phase. What determines the life cycle path a star will take from there?

O The star's luminosity
O The star's composition
O The star's temperature
O The star's mass

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Answer:

the star’s mass

Step-by-step explanation:

the bigger the mass, the different lifestyle it will go through, our star will swell into a red giant then shed its outer layers until its a white dwarf then fade into a burned out cinder core.

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