Imagine That We Put a Raisin Cake into the Oven

question 77

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 left side 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 right side of the cake.

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