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Which consequence results when gravitational potential energy is entirely extracted from a black hole via the Penrose process?

A)Angular momentum decreases asymptotically
B)Event horizon radius decreases sharply
C)Hawking radiation increases exponentially
D)Spacetime singularity immediately vanishes

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Extracting energy shrinks the event horizon because mass-energy equivalence means less mass remains; therefore the event horizon shrinks until the black hole's minimum allowable mass based on its angular momentum is reached, rather than decreasing its spin asymptotically, because the mechanism here directly impacts its spacetime curvature.

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