Imagine That We Put a Raisin Cake into the Oven,with

question 39

Multiple Choice

Imagine that we put a raisin cake into the oven,with each raisin separated from the others by 1 cm.An hour later,we take it out and the distances between raisins are 3 cm.If you lived in one of the raisins and watched the other raisins as the cake expanded,which of the following would you conclude?

• A)All raisins would be moving away from you at the same speed.
• B)More distant raisins would be moving away from you faster.
• C)More distant raisins would be moving away from you more slowly.
• D)It depends: If you lived in a raisin near the edge of the cake,you'd see other raisins moving away from you,but they'd be coming toward you if you lived in a raisin near the center of the cake.
• E)The raisins would be expanding too,so everything would look identical to the original situation.

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