Select variable has the largest affect on the gravitational force between two objects? Hint; you can look at the equation to fingure this out too. A) mass B) volume C) magnetism D) distance E) density

Answer 1

The variable that has the largest effect on the gravitational force between two objects is:

A) mass

According to Newton's law of universal gravitation, the gravitational force \( F \) between two objects is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centers. The equation is given by:

\[ F = G \frac{m_1 m_2}{r^2} \]

where \( F \) is the gravitational force, \( G \) is the gravitational constant, \( m_1 \) and \( m_2 \) are the masses of the two objects, and \( r \) is the distance between their centers.

Therefore, mass greatly influences gravitational force, making option A the correct answer.