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Sportsfan2111

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on: Jul 29, 2018

When a star collapses to half size, the gravitational field at its surface

A) doubles.
B) quadruples.
C) increases eightfold.
D) remains constant.

Question 2

Compared to the event horizon, the photon sphere of a black hole is

A) nearer the singularity.
B) farther from the singularity.
C) at the same location.

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kingfahad97

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Reply #1 on: Jul 29, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: B

Sportsfan2111

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Reply 2 on: Jul 29, 2018

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

shailee

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday

Gracias!

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