what is the smallest planet that could be detected around a 0.4 Rsun M dwarf star?

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if a transit depth of 0.00001 can be detected with the Kepler spacecraft, what is the smallest planet that could be detected around a 0.4 Rsun M dwarf star? Give the radius in terms of the radius of the Sun.

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transit depth is the ratio of surface area of planet and the star 

transit depth = πRp2πRs2

where Rp = radius of planet

Rs= radius of star

Thus

transit depth = Rp2Rs2

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