Is "the product of their masses" acceptable?
Newton's law of universal gravitation
Any two bodies in the universe attract each other with a force that is directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
According to Learner's dictionaries, 'mass' that means a physical quantity is uncountable. But I'm not sure of whether 'their mass' is the right form. Would you tell me the truth?
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anonymous According to Learner's dictionaries, 'mass' that means a physical quantity is uncountable. It can also be countable. anonymous But I'm not sure of whether 'their mass' is the right form.
- anonymous According to Learner's dictionaries, 'mass' that means a physical quantity is uncountable.
- It can also be countable.
- anonymous But I'm not sure of whether 'their mass' is the right form.
- "Their mass" does not work because you need the two different masses of the two bodies in question so you can multiply them together to get the product.
- "Their mass" would be the sum of their masses, and you can't have a product of one thing.
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anonymousAccording to Learner's dictionaries, 'mass' that means a physical quantity is uncountable.
It can also be countable.
anonymousBut I'm not sure of whether 'their mass' is the right form.
"Their mass" does not work because you need the two different masses of the two bodies in question so you can multiply th
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