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Goal Statements

Given the masses (\({m_{1}}\) and \({m_{2}}\)), the initial positions (\({{x_{1}}^{0}}\), \({{y_{1}}^{0}}\), \({{x_{2}}^{0}}\), \({{y_{2}}^{0}}\)), the initial velocities (\({{v_{\text{x}1}}^{0}}\), \({{v_{\text{y}1}}^{0}}\), \({{v_{\text{x}2}}^{0}}\), \({{v_{\text{y}2}}^{0}}\)), and the simulation time (\({t_{\text{final}}}\)), the goal statement is:

positionsOverTime: Determine the positions of both stars as functions of time over the specified simulation interval.