The surface brightness profiles of elliptical galaxies follow the Sersic formula with n = 4. How much fainter is the elliptical galaxy at a radius of r compared r0 (the radius at which the brightness falls off by a factor of e), or in other words, what is the ratio of I(r)/I0. Values: r = 14 r0

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