Question

what happens to the gravitational force between two bodies when the mass of each is made three times and distance between them is reduced to one third is the value of G affected​

Answer 1

Answer:

Gravitational force F=

r

2

Gm

1

m

2

Case (i) : Mass of one object is doubled i.e m

1

′

=2m

1

∴ F

′

=

r

2

G(2m

1

)m

2

⟹F

′

=2F

Thus gravitational force gets also doubled

Case (ii) : Distance between the objects is doubled i.e r

′

=2r

∴ F

′

=

(2r)

2

Gm

1

m

2

⟹F

′

=

4

F

Thus gravitational force gets reduced by 4 times.

Distance between the objects is tripled i.e r

′

=3r

∴ F

′

=

(3r)

2

Gm

1

m

2

⟹F

′

=

9

F

Thus gravitational force gets reduced by 9 times.

Case (iii) : Mass of both the objects are doubled i.e m

1

′

=2m

1

and m

2

′

=2m

2

∴ F

′

=

r

2

G(2m

1

)(2m

2

)

⟹F

′

=4F