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If the distance between 2 objects is decreased to one forth of the original distance, how will this decrease change the force of attraction between the objects?

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If the mass of both of the objects is doubled, then the force of gravity between them is quadrupled; and so on. Since gravitational force is inversely proportional to the square of the separation distance between the two interacting objects, more separation distance will result in weaker gravitational forces.

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