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The distance between two bodies is doubled. How is the magnitude of gravitational force between them affected?

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The gravitational force becomes one-fourth since it is inversely proportional to the square of the distance of separation (i.e., F āˆ 1d2\dfrac{1}{d^2} where F is the force and d is the distance between centers)

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