Two point masses and attract each other with a force when their centres are separated…

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Problem

Two point masses

m

and

M

attract each other with a force

F

when their centres are separated by a distance

d

. If

m

is made three times larger,

M

is made two times larger and the separation is reduced to

\dfrac{d}{2}

, what will be the new force

F'

in terms of the original force

F

? (a)

12F

(b)

24F

(c)

\dfrac{3}{2}F

(d)

6F