What is the answer below if the radius of the neutron star is 29.894 km? (express your answer in the proper SI unit and without scientific notation) What is the average density of a neutron star that has the same mass as the sun but a radius of only 20.0 km?

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What is the answer below if the radius of the neutron star is 29.894 km? (express your answer in the proper SI unit and without scientific notation)

What is the average density of a neutron star that has the same mass as the sun but a radius of only 20.0 km?

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