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Gravitational force is proportional to the product of the_ and inversely proportional to the square of _ between two bodies.

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According to the universal law of gravitation, the gravitational force is directly proportional to the product of masses and it is inversely proportional to the square of their distances. Thus, gravitational force varies with mass and distance between the two bodies.

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