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Given

Mass of one of the object is doubled and the distance between the object is doubled.

To find

What happens to the gravitational force

Step-by-step explanation

The gravitational force is directly proportional to the masses and inversely proportional to the distance between them

Keeping all other parameters constant,


F\propto(m)/(d^2)

So when the mass doubles and the distance doubles we have,


\begin{gathered} F^(\prime)\propto(2m)/((2d)^2) \\ \Rightarrow F\propto(m)/(2d)=(F)/(2) \end{gathered}

Conclusion

A. The gravitational force becomes half as great.

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