In general, the time it takes from when in interstellar cloud fragment first begins collapsing until it gives birth to a main-sequence star is

A) shorter for less massive stars.
B) longer for less massive stars.
C) about the same for all stars.
D) dependent on the rotation rate of the star.


B) longer for less massive stars.

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