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Sally pets the family dog, a black lab named Caesar, outside on her porch. The distance between Sally and the dog is about 1.00 m. Find the gravitational force between them if Sally weighs 500.0 N and the dog has a mass of 30 kg.

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The gravitational force between Sally and the dog is approximately \(1.00 \times 10^{-6} \, \text{N}\).

The gravitational force (\(F\)) between two objects is given by Newton's law of gravitation:

\[ F = \frac{G \cdot m_1 \cdot m_2}{r^2} \]

where:

\(F\) = gravitational force,

\(G\) = gravitational constant (\(6.674 \times 10^{-11} \, \text{Nm}^2/\text{kg}^2\)),

\(m_1\) and \(m_2\) = masses of the two objects,

\(r\) = separation between the centers of the masses.

Given:

Sally's weight (\(m_1\)) = 500.0 N,

Dog's mass (\(m_2\)) = 30 kg,

Separation (\(r\)) = 1.00 m.

Substitute the values into the formula:

\[ F = \frac{(6.674 \times 10^{-11} \, \text{Nm}^2/\text{kg}^2) \cdot (500.0 \, \text{N}) \cdot (30 \, \text{kg})}{(1.00 \, \text{m})^2} \]

\[ F = \frac{(6.674 \times 10^{-11} \, \text{Nm}^2/\text{kg}^2) \cdot 15000 \, \text{N}}{1.00 \, \text{m}} \]

\[ F \approx 1.00 \times 10^{-6} \, \text{N} \]

Therefore, the gravitational force between Sally and the dog is approximately \(1.00 \times 10^{-6} \, \text{N}\).

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