Physics · Gravitation

Which statement correctly describes the universal law of gravitation?

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1The gravitational force increases with the product of the masses and decreases with the square of the distance between them.✓
2The gravitational force increases as the distance between objects increases.
3The gravitational force depends only on the distance between the objects, not their masses.
4The gravitational force decreases when the masses of the objects increase.

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The gravitational force increases with the product of the masses and decreases with the square of the distance between them.

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