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what will be the gravitatiopnal force between two spherical shell of iniform density and unequal size if smaller one is placed inside another in such a way that their centers coincides?

Profile image of nehal helal
15 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of vikas askiitian expert
15 Years ago

force should be zero , coz there is no gravitational field due to outer sphere in its inside volume..

we have  EG = F/M

 EG is gravitational field inside the outer sphere  and M is mass of smaller sphere..

since EG is 0 so F=0 ,

hence there will be no force acting bw these spheres.....