Multiple Choice
The equivalence principle can be illustrated by
A) a person riding in an elevator.
B) a space capsule coasting through space at constant velocity.
C) the change in mass of a moving body.
D) the formation of energy by nuclear fusion.
E) the increase in the speed of light from a star as the light moves past the sun during a solar eclipse.
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