Two balls each of radius R having equal mass and density are placed in contact, then the force of gravitation between them is proportional to
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Let masses of two balls are 
(given) and the density is 
. Distance between
their centers 
.
Thus, the magnitude of the gravitational force F that two balls separated by a distance 2R exert on each other is
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