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Evidence for the Equivalence Principle
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Which experimental observation provides the most direct support for the equivalence principle, a foundational concept of general relativity?

A

The perihelion of Mercury precesses

B

Time dilation occurs in strong gravitational fields

C

Light bends around massive objects

D

Objects of different materials accelerate identically in free fall

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