A boy and a girl are sitting on a sofa. They move so that the distance between them is now one-quarter as great as it was before. How does the gravitational force of attraction between them change? Select one: a. sixteen times as great b. four times as great C. one-quarter as great d. one-sixteenth as great

A boy and a girl are sitting on a sofa. They move so that the distance between them is now one-quarter as great as it was before. How does the gravitational force of attraction between them change? Select one: a. sixteen times as great b. four times as great C. one-quarter as great d. one-sixteenth as great

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

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ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter16: Fundamentals Of Light

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 39A

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