Calculating the Gravitational Force of Two Bowling Balls

[Kdawg]

One problem

1.) Two bowling balls each have a mass of 15.8 kg. They are located next to one another with their centers 1.8 cm apart. What gravitational force do they exert on each other? (Use G = 6.670 10-11 N · m 2/kg2.)

 

[Tide]

What have you tried?

 

[phy]

This is a really simple question. You just have to apply Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation.

 

[Kdawg]

Ya, I figured it out, its 5.1e-5. I just forgot to convert cm to m the first time