A binary star consists of two stars A (mass 2.2M_s) and B (mass 11M_s), where M_s is the mass of the sun. They are seperated by dis†an ce d and are rotating about their centre of mass , which is stationary . The ratio of the total angular momentum of the binary star to the angular momentum of star B about the centre of mass is

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