Tom has a mass of 69.4 kg and Sally has a
mass of 42.3 kg. Tom and Sally are standing
27.5 m apart on a massless dance floor. Sally
looks up and she sees Tom. She feels an
attraction.
If the attraction is gravitation, find its magnitude. Assume both can be replaced by point
masses and that the gravitational constant is
6.67259 × 10−11 N · m2/kg2
Answer in units of N.
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