SOLUTION: This is a Physics problem. Please help. Two 3.0 kg lead balls are placed with their centers 7.25 meters apart. What gravitational force exists between them?

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Question 1188011: This is a Physics problem. Please help. Two 3.0 kg lead balls are placed with their centers 7.25 meters apart. What gravitational force exists between them?
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Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Two 3.0 kg lead balls are placed with their centers 7.25 meters apart. What gravitational force exists between them?
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F = G*m1*m2/d^2
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G = the gravitiational constant. IDK what it is, look it up.
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The fact that they are lead is not relevant.
They could be 2 balls of cotton.

Answer by MathLover1(20850) About Me  (Show Source):
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Use the following formula to calculate the gravitational force between any two objects:
F+=+GMm%2Fd%5E2
where:
F stands for gravitational force. It is measured in newtons and is always positive. It means that two objects of a certain mass always attract (and never repel) each other;
M+and m are the masses of two objects in question;
d+is the distance between the centers of these two objects; and
G is the gravitational constant. It is equal to 6.674%2A10%5E-11%2ANm%5E2%2Fkg%5E2.


F+=+%28%286.674%2A10%5E-11%28Nm%5E2%2Fkg%5E2%29%29%2A3kg%2A3+kg%29%2F%28%287.25m%29%5E2%29 .....cancel kg%5E2

F+=+%286.674%2A10%5E-11Nm%5E2%2A9%29%2F%2852.5625m%5E2%29+.....cancel m%5E2

F+=+%286.674%2A10%5E-11N%2A9%29%2F%2852.5625%29+

F+=1.1427538644470867%5E-11N

F+=0.000000000011428N