The gravitational force between two object depends on their masses and on their distance.
Since the formula is

If the masses grow, the force also grows. But I'm assuming the two objects are fixed, so you can't enlarge their mass.
So, the only option remaining is to lower their distance: since it sits at the denominator, a smaller value of d results in a bigger value for F.
So, if you reduce the distance between two objects, the gravitational force between them will always result in an increase
Answer:
Explanation:
Let the equilibrium position of third charge be x distance from q₁.
Force on third charge due to q₁
= 9 x 10⁹ x 5 x 10⁻⁹ x 15 x 10⁺⁹ / x²
Force on third charge due to q₂
= 9 x 10⁹ x 2 x 10⁻⁹ x 15 x 10⁺⁹ /( .40-x)²
Both the force will act in opposite direction and for balancing , they should be equal.
9 x 10⁹ x 5 x 10⁻⁹ x 15 x 10⁺⁹ / x² = 9 x 10⁹ x 2 x 10⁻⁹ x 15 x 10⁺⁹ /( .40-x)²
5 / x² = 2 / ( .4 - x )²
Taking square root on both sides
2.236 / x = 1.414 / .4 - x
2.236 ( .4 - x ) = 1.414 x
.8944 - 2.236 x = 1.414 x
.8944 = 3.65 x
x = .245 m
24.5 cm
So the third charge should be at a distance of 24.5 cm from q₁ .
Here As we can see the figure that the end of the rope is pulled by some force F
Now as we can see that Piano is connected by a pulley which is passing over the pulley so effectively net force on the piano upwards will be 2F as it is connected by 2 ropes by the pulley
Now for constant velocity of the piano we will say

since velocity is constant so acceleration must be ZERO
so here we have

as we know here that
mg = 1000 N
so we will have


so here force must be 500 N