Law of Gravitation

Two objects are attracted to each other with 36 N of gravitational force.
What would the force between them be if the distance between them were doubled?

• 9

• 18

• 72

• 144

The centers of two 15 kg spheres are separated by 3 meters. What is the gravitational force between the two spheres?

• 2.72 x 10^-14

• 1.67 x 10^-9

• 1.42 x 10^-8

• 3.44 x 10^-9

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Two spherical objects have masses of 300 kg and 600 kg. Their centers are separated by a distance of 26 m. Find the gravitational attraction between them.

• 1.95 x 10^-11

• 4.26 x 10^-5

• .00000524

• 1.78 x 10^-8

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Two spherical objects have masses of 7000 kg and 1700 kg. Their centers are separated by a distance of 1.5m. Find the gravitational attraction between them.

• 3.53 x 10^-4

• 3.53 x 10^-11

• 4.21 x 10^-8

• 4.36 x 10^-8

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Two masses m₁ and m₂ are separated by a distance R and gravitaional force between them is F. If the distance R is reduced to R/2 the force will now be

• 8X

• 2X

• 1/4

• 1/2

• 4X

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If the gravitational force between to objects is 20 N, what is the new force if the BOTH masses are increased by 2 and the distance stay the same?

• 5 N

• 10 N

• 40 N

• 80 N

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what is the relationship between mass of object and distance between objects..

• mass increase, gravitational force increase

• mass increase, gravitational force decrease

• mass decrease, gravitational force increase

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If two objects increase their distance, it _________ the gravitational pull between the two objects

• increases

• decreases

• has no effect on

• eliminates

The gravitational pull is __________ proportional to the distance between two objects

• conversely

• directly

• pyrotechnically

• inversely

Force of gravity is inversely proportional to

• Mass

• Weight

• Distance

• Time