A 220-kg object and a 520-kg object are separated by 4.80 m. (a) Find the magnitude of the net gravitational force exerted by these objects on a 53.0-kg object placed midway between them. (N)   (b) At what position (other than an infinitely remote one) can the 53.0-kg object be placed so as to experience a net force of zero from the other two objects? (________m from the 520 kg mass toward the 220 kg mass)

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A 220-kg object and a 520-kg object are separated by 4.80 m.

(a) Find the magnitude of the net gravitational force exerted by these objects on a 53.0-kg object placed midway between them. (N)
 
(b) At what position (other than an infinitely remote one) can the 53.0-kg object be placed so as to experience a net force of zero from the other two objects?
(________m from the 520 kg mass toward the 220 kg mass)
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