Newton\'s law of gravitation states that any two bodies attract each other with

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Newton's law of gravitation states that any two bodies attract each other with a force inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. The Coulomb's law states the electric force is also inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the charges. Does it mean that the mass of a body and its electric charges are the same characteristics of the body? Pick one of the following answers Yes, evidently the mass and the charge are the same. Maybe. The mass and the charge are not the same characteristic, but they are proportional to each other. No, they are not the same. It can not be judged based on the information provided.

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No, they are not the same.

We can use as example both formulas with the values for an electron and a proton.

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