Question

The gravitational force between two bodies is directly proportional to the product of

the masses of those bodies and is ……….of the distance between them.​

Answer 1

Answer:

The gravitational force is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers of mass.

Answer 2

The gravitational force between two bodies is directly proportional to the product of the masses of those bodies and is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

• Gravitational Force is an attractive force that pulls all objects with mass toward each other.

• Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation states that every particle in the universe attracts each other with a force, which is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

• Which means,

F ∝ (m1 x m2) and F ∝ (1/r²)

Therefore,

⇒ F ∝ (m1 x m2)/r²

⇒ F = G x (m1 x m2)/r²

Where, ‘F’ is the force of attraction, ‘m1’ and ‘m2’ are the masses of the bodies, ‘r’ is the distance between the masses and “G” is the gravitational constant that always remains the same.

Thus, the gravitational force between two bodies is directly proportional to the product of the masses of those bodies and is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

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