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Assume That When a Supermassive Black Hole Accretes Gas,approximately 50 \odot

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Assume that when a supermassive black hole accretes gas,approximately 50 percent of its mass is converted directly into energy,which is radiated away.If a quasar has a luminosity of 1014 L \odot then what must its mass accretion rate be?


A) 1 M \odot per year
B) 10 M \odot per year
C) 1 M \odot per century
D) 10 M \odot per million years

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