Question

What is the gravitational force between two objects? * a. attractive at large distances only b. attractive at small distances only c. attractive at all distances d. attractive at large distances but repulsive at small distances

Answer 1

c. attractive at all distances.

Newton's law of universal gravitation is usually stated as that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers.

The mathematical formula for gravitational force is F=GMmr2 F = G Mm r 2 where G is the gravitational constant.

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Answer 2

Attractive at all distance.

• Newton's Law of Gravitation tells that gravitational attractive force between two objects is directly proportional to the product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of the separation distance.

$\boxed{F \propto \dfrac{(m1)(m2)}{ {d}^{2} } }$

• m1 and m2 are the masses and 'd' is the separation distance.

• Unlike Electrostatic force, gravitational force is always attractive irrespective of the separation distance between the masses.

• Option c) is correct ✔️