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suppose that mA is 8.1 kg and mBis 6.5kg. The distance between their centers is 0.5o m.Calculate the force of attraction between these two bodies?

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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)

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