Question

According to the law of universal gravitation, the force of gravity between two objects is proportional to the masses of the objects and:
(A Directly proportional to the cube of the distance between them
(B) Inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
(c) Inversely proportional to the cube of the distance between them
(D Directly proportional to the square of the distance between them

Answers

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According to the law of universal gravitation, the force of gravity between two objects is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. Therefore, the correct answer is:

(B) Inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.