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Approximately what percentage of mass-energy of infalling matter can be converted to thermal energy when the matter is falling into a supermassive black hole?
A. about the same as that converted by hydrogen fusion
B. much less than that converted by hydrogen fusion
C. much more that converted by hydrogen fusion