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Universal Law of Gravitation

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The force of gravitation always causes:

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Attraction

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Both attraction and repulsion

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Repulsion

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None of the above

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Solution

The correct option is A Attraction
Gravity is given by Newton's law of universal gravitation. It describes gravity as a force that causes any two bodies to be attracted to each other with the force proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.

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