Question

The force of attraction between two point masses is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the distance between them.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is B False

Newton's law of Gravitation:

1. According to the universal law of gravitation, everybody in the universe attracts every other body with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
2. Formula: $\mathrm{F}=\mathrm{G}\frac{{\mathrm{M}}_1{\mathrm{M}}_2}{{\mathrm{R}}^2}$, where $G,M_{1,2}andR$ are a gravitational constant, mass, and distance between bodies.
3. Force of gravitation is always attractive and does not depend upon the medium in which bodies are placed.
4. In the given statement in the question, it is said that the force of attraction between two point masses is inversely proportional to the distance between them which is not true as it is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

Hence, the given statement of law is false.