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If two bodies of mass $M_{1}$ and $M_{2}$ are placed at a distance $r$ apart they have a force of gravitation $F$ between them. If both of the masses are reduced to half, then the force of gravitation would be

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\frac{F}{2}

2 F

\frac{F}{4}

F

answer is C.

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If two bodies of mass

M_{1}

and

M_{2}

are placed at a distance

r

apart they have a force of gravitation

F

between them. If both of the masses are reduced to half, then the force of gravitation would be

\frac{F}{4}

.
According to the law of gravitation, the force of attraction between two bodies of masses

M_{1}

and

M_{2}

is directly proportional to the product of the masses.

F α M_{1} M_{2}

…………………. (i)

F α \frac{1}{r^{2}}

………………… (ii) [

r = distance between two bodies]

On combining equations (i) and (ii) we get,

F = G \frac{M_{1} M_{2}}{r^{2}}

……………………. (iii)
If both the masses are reduced to half and distance remains same then new force (

F^{'}

F^{'} α \frac{M_{1}}{2} \times \frac{M_{2}}{2}

\Rightarrow F' = G \frac{\frac{M_{1}}{2} \times \frac{M_{2}}{2}}{r^{2}}

\Rightarrow F' = G \frac{M_{1} M_{2}}{{4 r}^{2}}

\Rightarrow F' = \frac{F}{4}

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