Given:
Distance of satellite from Earth = 100 miles
Mass of satellite = 100 kg
If the mass of the satellite were doubled, let's find what would happen to the force of gravity of the satellite on earth.
Apply the gravitational force formula:
Where:
F is the force of gravity
m is the mass.
From the formula above, we can see the force of gravity (F), is directly proportional to the mass.
Since they are directly proportional to each other, if the mass is doubled, the force of gravity will also be doubled.
Therefore, if the mass of the satellite is doubled, the force of gravity of the satellite on the earth will also be doubled.
ANSWER:
Force of gravity will be doubled when the mass of the satellite is doubled.