Which effect on a spacecraft's clock occurs due to gravitational potential differences near a black hole?

A)Time dilation slows clock rate✓

B)No effect on the clock rate

C)Clock rate becomes synchronized

D)Time contraction increases clock rate

💡 Explanation

Gravitational time dilation slows the frequency that a clock near a black hole will measure because the stronger gravitational field increases spacetime curvature according to Einstein's equivalence principle; therefore time dilates near the black hole rather than synchronizing or contracting due to relativistic effects.

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Which effect on a spacecraft's clock occurs due to gravitational potential differences near a black hole?

💡 Explanation

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