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Three identical spheres of mass 
, are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of
length a. When released, they interact only through gravitational force and collide after a time 
seconds. If the sides of the triangle are increased to length 2 a and also the masses of the spheres are made 2 m , then they will collide after 
seconds.
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8
(8)
Hence
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