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← ScienceWhich effect on a spacecraft's clock occurs due to gravitational potential differences near a black hole?
A)Time dilation slows clock rate✓
B)No effect on the clock rate
C)Clock rate becomes synchronized
D)Time contraction increases clock rate
💡 Explanation
Gravitational time dilation slows the frequency that a clock near a black hole will measure because the stronger gravitational field increases spacetime curvature according to Einstein's equivalence principle; therefore time dilates near the black hole rather than synchronizing or contracting due to relativistic effects.
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