The image illustrates that as the distance between two objects increases, the force of gravity a) decreases. b) increases. c) remains the same. d) increases then decreases.

The image is missing (however it's not necessary to solve the problem).

The correct answer is A) decreases, because the gravitational force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance. In fact, the magnitude of the gravitational force between two object of mass M and m, at a distance d one from each other, is

where G is the gravitational constant. As can be seen from the formula, if the distance d between the two object increases, the intensity of the force decreases.