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the table below lists information for seven Cepheid variables where ‘Period’ is the pulsation period of...

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the table below lists information for seven Cepheid variableswhere ‘Period’ is the pulsation period of the star, and ?/?? is theluminosity in solar units.

Period (days)

L/L?

4.5

835

7.2

1418

15.0

3761

29.3

8176

51.6

16623

82.8

28220

172.5

75140

a) Plot the PL relation for these stars using the logarithms ofthe values in the table (that is, ???(?) vs ???(?/??)) and extractthe slope and y-intercept of the relation the data define

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Lets write the given data in logarithmic valueswhereP represents pulsation period of star in daysLLrepresents luminosity in solar    See Answer
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