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a. the arms have larger Doppler shifts.
b. the gas in the spiral arms is very hot.
c. the dust in spiral arms is denser.
d. the gas in spiral arms is denser.
e. the stars in the spiral arms emit most of their energy at radio wavelengths.


D

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