Consider two iron spheres, each of diameter 100 mm,which are just touching. At what

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Consider two iron spheres, each of diameter \(100 \mathrm{~mm}\), which are just touching. At what distance r from the center of the earth will the force of mutual attraction between the contacting spheres be equal to the force exerted by the earth on one of the spheres?

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QUESTION:

Consider two iron spheres, each of diameter \(100 \mathrm{~mm}\), which are just touching. At what distance r from the center of the earth will the force of mutual attraction between the contacting spheres be equal to the force exerted by the earth on one of the spheres?

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The force of gravity between two objects is given by F = G*m1*m2 / r^2, so the distance r can be calculated as r = sqrt(G * m1 * m2 / F), where F is th

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