Two spherical bodies of masses M and 5M and radii R and 2R are released in free space with initial separation between their centres equal to 
. If they attract each other due to gravitational force only, then the distance covered by the smaller body before collision is
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C
Suppose, the smaller body cover a distance x before collision, then
or 
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