What Do We Mean by Gravitational Time Dilation

question 25

Multiple Choice

What do we mean by gravitational time dilation?

• A)It is the idea that time runs slower in places where gravity is stronger.
• B)It is the idea that clocks run slow for people moving at high speed past you.
• C)It is the idea that everyone measures time differently,depending on his/her reference frame.
• D)It is the idea that clocks run faster in stronger gravitational fields.

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Definitions:

Prices

The monetary value assigned to goods and services in a market, dictating the exchange rate at which these can be traded.

Laspeyres Price Index

An index that measures the relative change in the price level of a fixed basket of goods and services over time, using the quantities purchased in the base period.

Paasche Price Index

An economic measure that calculates the change in the cost of acquiring a given basket of goods and services in the current year compared to a base year, using the current year's prices.

Laspeyres Index

A price index used to measure the relative change in the price of a fixed basket of goods and services over time, using the quantities of a base period.