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Why does a star grow larger in radius immediately after it exhausts its core hydrogen?.
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Why does a star grow larger in radius immediately after it exhausts its core hydrogen?.

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Answer:Hydrogen fusion in a shell outside the core generates enough thermal pressure to push the upper layers outward.

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