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Two celestial bodies are separated by some distance. If the mass of any one of the bodies is doubled while the mass of other is halved then how far should they be taken so that the gravitational force between them becomes one-fourth ?

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They should be taken to double its distance
Use Newton.s universal law of gravitation .
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