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State the important points to be remembered in gravitational field.

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(i) The strength of the gravitational field decreases as we move away from the mass M.
(ii) The "field" concept was introduced as a mathematical tool to calculate gravitational interaction.
(iii) The unit of gravitational field is Newton per kilogram (N/kg) or ms^(-2).
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