How does the gravitational force of attraction between two masses depend on the distance between them?

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Solution

Expression for gravitational force is,

$F = G \frac{m_{1} m_{2}}{r^{2}}$

From the above expression gravitational force of attraction between two masses is inversely proportional to the square of distance between them,

i.e. $F \propto \frac{1}{r^{2}}$

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