document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1093498>Question 1093498</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Any assistance with this one would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Newton’s universal law of gravitation states that every object in the Universe<BR>\n" );
document.write( "attracts every other object with a force, F, that is directly proportional to the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "product of their masses, 1 m and 2 m , and inversely proportional to the square of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "the distance, d, that separates them. If the two objects each lose half of their<BR>\n" );
document.write( "mass as the distance between them triples, how would the gravitational<BR>\n" );
document.write( "attraction between them change? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " attracts every other object with a force, F, that is directly proportional to the<BR>\n" );
document.write( " product of their masses, 1 m and 2 m , and inversely proportional to the square of<BR>\n" );
document.write( " the distance, d, that separates them. If the two objects each lose half of their<BR>\n" );
document.write( " mass as the distance between them triples, how would the gravitational<BR>\n" );
document.write( " attraction between them change?  <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One way is to just assign some values to the masses and the distance<BR>\n" );
document.write( "m1=10; m2=100; d=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "g = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%2810%2A100%29%2F10%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%2810%2A100%29%2F10%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "g = 1000/100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "g = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"If the two objects each lose half of their mass as the distance between them triples, how would the gravitational attraction between them change? <BR>\n" );
document.write( "g = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28.5%2810%29+%2A+.5%28100%29%29%2F%283%2A10%29%5E2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28.5%2810%29+%2A+.5%28100%29%29%2F%283%2A10%29%5E2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <BR>\n" );
document.write( "g = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%285%2A50%29%2F%2830%5E2%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%285%2A50%29%2F%2830%5E2%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "g = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=250%2F900 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"250%2F900\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > reduces to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F18 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F18\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "then the relationship to the original g<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%285%2F18%29%2F10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%285%2F18%29%2F10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F180 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F180\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F36 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F36\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "We can say g is 1/36th <BR>\n" );
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