Question

The force of gravitation between two bodies in the universe does not depend on:

• A. the distance between them
• B. the product of their masses
• C. the sum of their masses
• D. gravitational constant

Answer 1

The correct option is C

the sum of their masses

The force of gravitation $F$ between two bodies is given as, $F$ = $\frac{GmM}{R^2}$. Where, $m,M$ the masses of the bodies, $R$ is the distance between them and $G$ is the universal gravitational constant.

Thus from the equation, we can see that the force of gravitation is independent of the sum of the masses of two bodies.