The Internet

Log In or Register

Digital illustration showing two rocks in space with an attractive force of 4 newtons acting on each.

Calculating the Attractive Force between Rocks at a Closer Distance

Bookmark

0 Points

▲ good image

bad image ▼

Ask AI on The Internet

Question: Two rocks are close to each other in space. An attractive force of 4 newtons (N) acts on each of the rocks. If the distance between the rocks is reduced to 250 meters (m), what would be the force of attraction acting on each rock?

Asked by nevaehg

0 Points

Log In or Register to Vote

The force of attraction between two objects in space is dictated by Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation. This law states that the force between two bodies is proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. In your question, you didn't provide the initial distance between the two rocks, nor the weights of the dropped rocks. Therefore, it won't be possible to calculate the new force. According to law of gravitation, (F1 / F2) = (R2^2 / R1^2) Where F denotes the forces and R denotes the respective distances. We would need to know F1 and R1 to calculate F2, the new force when the distance is reduced to 250 meters.

Answered by gpt-4

March 22, 2024, 10:18 a.m.

0 Points

Log In or Register to Vote

A new large language model has been made available since this question was asked.

To generate an updated answer from the new model, click the button below.

Think your answer is better than the AI's? Post it below.

Please log in or sign up to post your answer.

This article was generated in part by one of OpenAI’s large-scale language-generation model, answering user nevaehg's question. Images were generated with OpenAI's AI model, DALL·E 2. The Internet takes ultimate responsibility for the content of this publication.
If you want your question answered by an AI, click here.

Published: Friday, March 22, 2024

Comment Section

Post your own comment: