A Group of Graduate Students, Bored During a Cloudy Night

Multiple Choice

A group of graduate students, bored during a cloudy night at the observatory, begin to make bets about the time different stars will take to evolve. If they have a cluster of stars which were all born at roughly the same time, and want to know which star will become a red giant first, which of the following stars should they bet on?

A) a star of about the same mass as our Sun
B) a star that would type O on the main sequence star
C) a star of about 1/2 the mass of our Sun
D) a star of about 8% the mass of our Sun
E) you can't fool me, all stars reach the red giant stage in roughly the same number of years
Section 22.2: Star Clusters