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Problem 10QQ

Choose the best answer to each of the following. Explain your reasoning with one or more complete sentence

How would a flashing red light appear as it fell into a black hole? (a) Its flashes would look the same. (b) Its flashes would appear bluer. (c) Its flashes would shift to the infrared part of the spectrum.

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Problem 10QQ

Choose the best answer to each of the following. Explain your reasoning with one or more complete sentence

How would a flashing red light appear as it fell into a black hole? (a) Its flashes would look the same. (b) Its flashes would appear bluer. (c) Its flashes would shift to the infrared part of the spectrum.

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A black hole is a region of spacetime exhibits strong gravitational effects. It prevents even light from escaping from its region. The black hole has the outer region called event horizon. When an object crosses the event horizon, the light emitted by the object will be redshited. We are going to find the appearance of a flashing red light as it fell into a black hole.

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