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psruler
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Can someone help me with these two questions:
a. Imagine two spherical planets fixed on the x-axis, one with mass M at the origin, and the other with identical mass M at the position x = +100.0 units. At what position along the x-axis between the two masses could you position yourself so that you would experience a net gravitational force of zero? (I.e., at what x-position do the two gravitational force vectors acting on you exactly cancel? YOU do NOT need to show your work for this part.)
b. Now imagine a similar arrangement of two planets, but with a mass of 4M at the origin. Again, at what position along the x-axis between the two masses would you experience a net gravitational force of zero? Show your work.
THANKS!
a. Imagine two spherical planets fixed on the x-axis, one with mass M at the origin, and the other with identical mass M at the position x = +100.0 units. At what position along the x-axis between the two masses could you position yourself so that you would experience a net gravitational force of zero? (I.e., at what x-position do the two gravitational force vectors acting on you exactly cancel? YOU do NOT need to show your work for this part.)
b. Now imagine a similar arrangement of two planets, but with a mass of 4M at the origin. Again, at what position along the x-axis between the two masses would you experience a net gravitational force of zero? Show your work.
THANKS!