The distance between two stars of masses and is

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Problem

The distance between two stars of masses 3Ms3M_s and 6Ms6M_s is 9R9R. Here RR is the mean distance between the centers of the Earth and the Sun, and MsM_s is the mass of the Sun. The two stars orbit around their common center of mass in circular orbits with period nTnT, where TT is the period of Earth's revolution around the Sun. The value of nn is ____.

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