This is a repost....:Two small particles of mass 16 kg and 27 kg are a distance 1.4 m apart. What is the gravitational force of one of these particles on the other?_____N
just plug in F = GmM/r^2
what do you get?
F=6.673x10^-11(16)(27)/1.4^2 is this correct?
Thank you I used that formula and it's perfect..I appreciate the help Steve...
To calculate the gravitational force between two objects, you can use Newton's law of universal gravitation. The formula for gravitational force between two objects is:
F = (G * m₁ * m₂) / r²
Where:
- F is the gravitational force
- G is the gravitational constant (approximately 6.67430 × 10^-11 N m²/kg²)
- m₁ and m₂ are the masses of the two particles
- r is the distance between the centers of the two particles
In this case, we have:
m₁ = 16 kg (mass of one particle)
m₂ = 27 kg (mass of the other particle)
r = 1.4 m (distance between the particles)
Let's plug these values into the formula to find the gravitational force:
F = (6.67430 × 10^-11 N m²/kg² * 16 kg * 27 kg) / (1.4 m)²
F = (6.67430 × 10^-11 N m²/kg² * 432 kg²) / 1.96 m²
F ≈ 9.22714 × 10^-9 N
Therefore, the gravitational force of one of these particles on the other is approximately 9.22714 × 10^-9 N.