If the initial interstellar cloud in star formation has a mass sufficient to form hundreds of stars, how does a single star form from it?

1 Answer

stars are formed in clusters.

Explanation:

Later they get separated. Astronomers estimate that the cluster will survive for about another 250 million years, after which it will disperse due to gravitational interactions with its galactic neighborhood.[8] from wiki pedia.*enter image source here picture pleades cluster earth sky .org/.