Question

This astronaut is on a space walk while orbiting Earth.

What would happen to the force of gravity between the astronaut and Earth if the distance between them doubled?
A. It would be one-fourth as much.
B. It would be one-half as much.
c. It would be two times as much.
D. It would be four times as much.

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

A. It would be one-fourth as much.

The force of gravity between two objects is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. This means that if the distance between the astronaut and Earth doubled, the force of gravity would decrease by a factor of four.