The observed relationship between the masses of central black holes and the bulge masses of galaxies implies that ________
A) the black hole will eventually suck in the rest of the galaxy
B) galaxy formation and supermassive black hole formation must be related somehow
C) quasars were more common 10 billion years ago than they are today
D) the biggest galaxies have the most luminous quasars
B
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