Multiple Choice
In the rubber-sheet analogy for spacetime, what would you expect for objects (such as golf balls) rolling around in the presence of a massive object that is stretching the rubber sheet?
A) Their paths will be straight if they are moving slowly enough.
B) Their paths will curve more the closer they come to the massive object.
C) Their paths will curve by the same amount no matter how close they come to the massive object.
D) Their paths will curve toward the massive object if they pass close but bend away from the massive object if they pass far from it.
E) Their paths will curve less the closer they come to the massive object.
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