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6.5 Exercise 3

Avg difficulty 2.5

In the formula g= GM r 2 g = \frac{G M}{r^{2}}, what does G represent?

  1. The acceleration due to gravity
  2. A gravitational constant that is the same everywhere in the universe
  3. A gravitational constant that is inversely proportional to the radius
  4. The factor by which you multiply the inertial mass to obtain the gravitational mass

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 6.5 Newton’s Universal Law of Gravitation, exercise 3

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