AP EAMCET201823 Apr 2018Evening ShiftPhysicsGravitationActual
Two bodies of equal masses are some distance apart. If 20 % of mass is transferred from the first body to the second body, then the gravitational force between them
Options
- Aincrease by 4 %
- Bincrease by 14 %
- Cdecreases by 4 %
- Ddecreases by 14 %
Correct answer
C. decreases by 4 %
Step-by-step solution
(c) Initially force, F₁= G m^2 r^2 When 20 % mass is transferred from one body to another, then their masses are m₁= 80 100 m and m₂= 120 100 m So, force is finally F₂= G m^2 r^2 ( 24 25 ) Hence, reduction in F₂ is F₁-F₂ F₁ 100 %=-4 %