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A 3 kg mass and a 2 kg mass are 4 meters apart. which mathematical symbol from newton's law of universal gravitation refers to the 2 kg mass?

a. m
b. d
c. m
d. g

User Mishkin
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The answer is either a or b, so long as the other m is the other mass.

The two are interchangeable because even if you switch the two around you get the same answer.
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