Answer:
Answer → Distance is 5 × 10⁴ km
Explanation:
Gravitational formular
[tex]{ \tt{F = \frac{GMm}{ {r}^{2} } }} \\ [/tex]
- F is the gravitational force
- G is the universal gravitational constant
- r is the separation distance
- M & m are the masses
For the first case;
[tex]{ \tt{F _{1} = \frac{GMm}{2.5 \times {10}^{4} } }} \\ [/tex]
For the second case;
[tex]{ \tt{F _{2} = \frac{GMm}{r _{2}} }} \\ [/tex]
but F2 = ½F1
Therefore, F1 = 2F2
Hence:
[tex]{ \tt{ \frac{GMm}{2.5 \times {10}^{4} } =2 \times \frac{GMm}{r _{2} } }} \\ \\ { \tt{ \frac{1}{2.5 \times {10}^{4} } = \frac{2}{r _{2} } }} \\ \\ { \tt{r _{2} = 2 \times 2.5 \times {10}^{4} }} \\ \\ { \underline{ \tt{ \: \: r _{2} = 5 \times {10}^{4} \: km \: \: }}}[/tex]
