If Wmₐttₑᵣ + WL = 1 Today and Dark Energy

question 12

Multiple Choice

If Wmₐttₑᵣ + WL = 1 today and dark energy was a cosmological constant,the universe will:

• A) expand forever.
• B) slow its expansion but never reverse it.
• C) stop expanding and eventually collapse.
• D) oscillate between expansion and collapse.

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