In Cosmology, What Is the "Inflationary Period

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Multiple Choice

In cosmology, what is the "inflationary period"?

• A) the period when the cost of living rose faster than astronomers' salaries
• B) the first 500,000 years of the life of the universe, when matter and radiation interacted vigorously
• C) the period of universal expansion from the Big Bang to the present
• D) the short period of extremely rapid expansion when the universe was very young

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