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two object are 5kg and 10kg respectively and they're 10m apart. if the distance between them is increased to 20m. what happened to the gravitational force
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two object are 5kg and 10kg respectively and they're 10m apart. if the distance between them is increased to 20m. what happened to the gravitational force

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I think this is INVERSE SQUARE law of distance of separation. I think you'd QUARTER the force.
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Their masses don't matter. If you double the distance between them, the gravitational force between them reduces to 1/4 of its original strength.
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