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Give reason that

The force of gravitational between two cricket balls is extreamly small but that between a cricket ball and the earth is extreamly large

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force of gravity is directl proportional to the product of mass
F=Gm1*m2/r^2
since product of masses of earth and ball is much much greater than product of masses of balls
so gravity is more

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