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Grade 11General Physics

Two bodies of masses 10,000kgs and 1000kg respectively is seperated by 1m. At what distance from the smaller body, the intensity of gravitational field will be zero

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13 Years agoGrade 11
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13 Years ago

Let x be the distance from smaller object where field is zero.

G(10000)/(1-x)^2=G(1000)/x^2

->  sqrt(10)/(1-x)=1/x

-> x= 1/(sqrt(10)+1)

      = (sqrt(10)-1)/9

      =0.24m