<p>I HATE physics...would anyone who does not share my sentiments care to help me with this extremely annoying problem?</p>
<p>Two equal masses of 5.00 * 10^5 kg exert a force on each other of 1.10
newtons. How far are apart are the two masses (from center-to-center)? </p>
<p>Much Love,</p>
<p>brainyartist</p>
<p>This has to do with gravitation.</p>
<p>G is the gravitational constant (6.673 x 10^-11)
Since they're the same mass, m1 and m2 = 5 x 10^5 (or 500000)
You want to find the distance between the two objects, or the radius (r).
The formula:</p>
<p>F[g] = G((m1xm2)/r^2)</p>
<p>Just plug in the values </p>
<p>F[g] = 1.1 N
1.1 = 6.673x10^-11 ((5x10^5 x 5x10^5)/r^2)
1.1 = 16.6825/r^2
1.1(r^2) = 16.6825
r^2 = 16.6825/1.1
r = 3.89 m</p>