Take Two Identical, Nonrotating, 5-Solar-Mass Black Holes and Place Them

question 174

Multiple Choice

Take two identical, nonrotating, 5-solar-mass black holes and place them side by side. Add 1 solar mass of pineapples to the left-hand one and 1 solar mass of uranium to the right-hand one (without changing the electrical charge or the rotation of either black hole) . How will the two black holes differ?

• A) The right-hand black hole will have a stronger gravitational field because of the denser material inside it.
• B) The two black holes will not differ at all.
• C) The left-hand black hole will smell better.
• D) The right-hand black hole will be radioactive, emitting alpha particles, electrons, and gamma rays into space.

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