Question

Objects 1 and 2 attract each other with a gravitational force of 45 units. If the mass of Object 1 is doubled, then the new gravitational fore will be ______ units.

Answer 1

If the gravitational force is 45 and we double its force, we are only doing 45 multiplied by 2 since double is two. 45 multiplied by 2 is equal to 90.

ANSWER:

If the mass of object 1 is doubled, then the new gravitational force will be 90 units.

Answer 2

Step-by-step explanation:

Fgravity = G*(mass1*mass2)/D²

so, if you double one of the masses, what does that do to our equation ?

Fgravitynew = G*(2*mass1*mass2)/D²

due to the commutative property of multiplication

Fgravitynew = 2* G*(mass1*mass2)/D² = 2* Fgravity

so, the correct answer will be 2×45 = 90 units.