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Inverse Square Laws

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Gravity, electrostatic force, and luminosity are inversely proportional to the square of the distance. This Demonstration gives an idea of why: an area projected from the center of a sphere grows proportionately to the square of the distance.

Contributed by: Enrique Zeleny V. (March 2011)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA

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