A white dwarf that has had too much mass piled on top of it will
a) undergo a thermonuclear flash and explode in a type IA supernova
b) collapse to form a black hole
c) collapse to form a neutron star in a core collapse (type II) supernova

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A white dwarf that has had too much mass piled on top of it will	
a) undergo a thermonuclear flash and explode in a type IA supernova
b) collapse to form a black hole
c) collapse to form a neutron star in a core collapse (type II) supernova

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anonymous · Answer

b) collapse to form a black hole

anonymous · Answer

A white dwarf in closely-interacting system accretes matter. When the white dwarf reaches the Chandrashekar Limit of 1.44 times the mass of the Sun, then it will violently expel its disk and surface in what is known as a Type 1A supernova.