Which of the following claims concerning the gravitational constant is correct?

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It is a driving force.

It is a quantity with no dimensions.

It is determined by the object's mass.

It is unaffected by the type of medium in which the masses are held.

answer is D.

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The Law of Universal Gravitation asserts that all things attract each other with a force proportional to their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between their centres.

The gravitational constant is a universal constant, which means that it does not change with the mass of the objects. The gravitational constant connects gravitational force, mass, and distance. As a result, it is not a force. The law of gravitation is named universal because it applies to all bodies in the universe, regardless of medium, temperature, or other physical variables.

As a result, the gravitational constant is independent of the type of the medium in which the masses are held.

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