Question 7
Law of gravitation gives the gravitational force between

(a) the earth and a point mass only
(b) the earth and Sun only
(c) any two bodies having some mass
(d) two charged bodies only

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(c) any two bodies having some mass

Factual information, according to Newton's law of universal gravitation states that any two bodies in the universe attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

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Question 7 Law of gravitation gives the gravitational force between (a) the earth and a point mass only (b) the earth and Sun only (c) any two bodies having some mass (d) two charged bodies only​​​​​​​

Question 7
Law of gravitation gives the gravitational force between

(a) the earth and a point mass only
(b) the earth and Sun only
(c) any two bodies having some mass
(d) two charged bodies only