If the sun collapsed to a black hole, the Earth's gravitational attraction to it would be
A) more.
B) the same.
C) less.

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The gravitational attraction between two objects depends on their masses and the distance between them. If the Sun were to collapse into a black hole, its mass would remain the same, and the distance between the Earth and the black hole would also remain the same. Therefore, the gravitational attraction Earth feels from the Sun (now a black hole) would remain unchanged.

If the Sun Collapsed to a Black Hole, the Earth's