When helium is released from a compressed container, the decompressed atoms expand and rise, causing the rubber balloon to inflate and float along. In this scenario, helium exists in a gaseous state.
The gravitational force between Royce and Earth would double by the age of 16. Newton’s law of universal gravitation states that the gravitational force is proportional to the masses involved and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them. At age 10, Royce weighed 30 kg, and by age 16, he weighed 60 kg. Since his mass doubled from 10 to 16 years, this results in a corresponding doubling of the gravitational force.
