Question

The magnitude of force exerted by the Earth on the Moon is same as that of the force exerted by the Moon on the Earth.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A

True

According to Newton’s law of gravitation, every object in the universe attracts 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.

The Earth and Moon attract each other with the same magnitude of the force.