What is the distance between two students (their radius) if they each weigh 110kg and 48kg and the force of attraction between them was 8.44 x 10^-7 N?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-08T21:55:11

r = 0.646 meters

Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation
F (ULG) = G m1 m2 / #r^2# ....
r = #sqrt [ (6.67xx10^-11 (110) (48)) / (8.44xx10^-7 ) #
r = .646 meters