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Why is the gravitational potential energy of a system of multiple masses the sum of pairwise interactions?

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Gravitational potential energy follows the superposition principle, where the total energy is the sum of the potential energies of all possible pairs (V = −Gm1m2r) due to the linear nature of gravitational force.

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