Question

A solar system has the five planets shown below. The mass of each planet is proportional to its size. Planet X is at equal distance from Planet A, Planet B, Planet C and Planet D Planet A Planet B Planet X Planet D Planet C O Which planet exerts the greatest gravitational force on Planet X? Planet A Planet B Planet C Planet D

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Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The gravitational force is equal to the equation
`(Gm_(x) m_(p) )/(r^(2) )`

• r: distance between the planet and planet x
• m
  `_(x)` : mass of planet x
• 
  `m_(p)`: mass of any planet

Since we know that the distance between the planets to planet x is equal, thus the value 'r' is of no use to use to increase the gravitational force.

The only way to increase gravitational force is by increasing the mass of the planet. Thus planet C which has the greatest mass has the greatest gravitational force

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