In Newtonian gravitation, how does the force depend on distance? Pick those that apply. The square of the force is proportional to the cube of the distance. It decreases in inverse proportion to the distance, so that at twice the distance it is 1/2 the force. The force of gravity does not depend on the distance between two objects. It decreases as 1 divided by the square of the distance, so at twice the distance it is 1/4 the force