Accepted Answer
Somewhere in your book or your notes, you must have met the formula for the gravitational attraction between two bodies. If you can go back and find it, you only need to plug your numbers into that formula, and out will pop the answer.Formula: Force = G (mA x mB) / (distance)²If everything is in SI units, then G = 6.67 x10⁻¹¹ newton-meter² / kilogram²You said that mA = 8.1 kg mB = 6.5 kg distance = 0.5 m . Force = (6.67 x 10⁻¹¹ nt-m²/kg²) (8.1kg x 6.5kg / (0.5m)² = (6.67 x 10⁻¹¹ nt-m²/kg²) ( 52.65 kg² ) / (0.25 m²) = 1.4047 x 10⁻⁸ newtons .That's roughly 5.052 x 10⁻⁸ ounce . (5% of one micro-ounce)