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Star A has a V-band magnitude of 5. Star B also has a V-band magnitude of...

Star A has a V-band magnitude of 5. Star B also has a V-band magnitude of 5. What is the V-band magnitude if you observe A and B in superposition (assuming the two stars are not in occultation of each other)?

The answer is 4.25 but I'm not sure how. Please show all calculations.

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The resulting magnitude of the two stars after adding the brightness referred to be stars A and B. Mives =-2.510g10 (10,04 +

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