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Homework Statement
Two equal masses are precisely 1 m apart from each other. The gravitational force each exerts on the other is exactly 2. What is the value of each mass?
*a. 1.73*10^5kg
b. 1.50*10^10kg
c. 2.50*10^5kg
d. 1.58*10^10kg
Homework Equations
F=Gmm/r^2
The Attempt at a Solution
I did
F=Gmm/r^2
2=G2m/1 (because the masses are equal)
m=2*1/2G
m=1/G
m=1.50*10^10kg
I don't know why B is wrong and A is right (according to the answer key);