# Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, Mass and Weight

> This section is Newton's law of universal gravitation, mass, weight, and weightlessness. The exam wants the official statement, F=Gm_1m_2/r^2 with r centre-to-centre, the inverse-square rule, w=mg…

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