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 would be straight if they were moving slowly enough.
B) Their paths would curve more the closer they come to the massive object.
C) Their paths would curve by the same amount no matter how close they come to the mass.
D) Their paths would curve towards the mass if they passed close, but bend away from the mass if they passed far from the mass.
E) Their paths would curve less the closer they come to the massive object.
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