Question

In Newton's theory of gravity, the force between two massive objects varies ______ with the square of the distance between them. additively

directly
inversely
not at all

Answer 1

Inversely

Step-by-step explanation:

The correct answer that fills up the blank correctly is "Inversely"

According to the Newton's theory of gravity,

the force between the two massive objects is given as:

`F=(GM_1M_2)/(R^2)`

where,

G is the gravitational force constant

M is the respective mass of the two masses

R is the distance between the masses.