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Newton's Law of gravitation..

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I need to draw a graph for the Newton's law of gravitation, But Can you tell me how the gravitational force changes with separation distance?

asked Jul 27, 2014 in PHYSICS by anonymous

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Gravitational force is propotional to square of the separation distance

F∝1/r^2

answered Jul 27, 2014 by bradely Mentor
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This calculation is done using Newton's Law of Gravity, which formulates the attractive force (gravitational force) that two masses exert on each other:

F=GmM/r2 -----> F∝1/r2

In Newton's equation, F is the gravitational force, G is a constant of proportionality, M and m are the two masses exerting the forces, and r is the distance between the two objects.

So, Gravirational force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between objects.

answered Jul 27, 2014 by anonymous

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