Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Physics

Chapter

Gravitation

Question:

The distance between two bodies becomes 6 times more than the usual distance. The the gravitational force becomes : 

Options:

36 times

6 times

1/6 times

1/36 times

Correct Answer:

1/36 times

Explanation:

\(\text{Gravitational Force : } F_g = G\frac{m_1 m_2}{r^2}\)

As r' = 6r

\(\text{New Gravitational Force : } F'_g = G\frac{m_1 m_2}{(6r)^2}\)

\(F'_g = G\frac{m_1 m_2}{36r^2}\)

\(F'_g = \frac{F}{36}\)