If the distance between two masses is increased by a factor of 10, by what factor would the mass of one of them have to be altered to maintain the same gravitational force ? Would this be an increase or decrease in the mass 3
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If the distance is increased by a factor of 2, then distance squared will increase by a factor of 4. Thus, the inverse square law implies that the force will be "1/4" of the original 16 units. Therefore, the force of gravity becomes 4 units.
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