Applied Physics (11th Edition)
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Author: Dale Ewen, Neill Schurter, Erik Gundersen
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Chapter 23, Problem 2RQ
Einstein's equivalence principle relates to
- a. weight and time.
- b. space and gravity.
- c. mass and energy.
- d. all of the above.
- e. none of the above.
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