Einstein's equivalence principle says that

A) the effects of gravity are exactly equivalent to the effects of acceleration.
B) everyone measures the speed of light to be equivalent.
C) someone traveling at 0.9c will age at the same rate as someone at 0.99c.
D) all people see themselves at an equivalent distance to the center of the universe.


A) the effects of gravity are exactly equivalent to the effects of acceleration.

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