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Chapter13: Gravitation

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There are two metal spheres on a table, and they are 1.5 m apart, Each sphere has a mass of 0.25 kg and a radius of 0.055 m. What is the force of gravity between the two spheres?
Your answer:
O 4.1 x 10-13 N OR
0.0061G N
O 1.9x 10-11 N OR
0.028G N
O 2.7 x 10-12 N OR
0.042G N
O 1.4 x 10-9 N
OR
21GN
O 8.3 x 10-9 N
OR
120G N

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